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Troy thinks that a father's only real duty is to provide food and shelter for his family. He doesn't think its important for a father to show love to his son, and he doesn't feel his duties to his wife included being faithful and providing her every need. An example from the story is, " While you thinking about a TV, i've got to be thinking about the roof... and whatever else goes wrong here." This shows the results of gender roles and how it demonstrates imbalances of power

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The commonalities in themes found in both stories is that they both show themes of oppression. In the 1950's women's rights were oppressed, being an African American immediately meant a person was oppressed and Civil Rights movement was starting as well as around the Great Depression era. Society was making characters in both stories feel discouraged. It was as if an invisible force would holding them back. Gender roles was holding Edna back and race was holding Troy back in "Fences" back. Edna was struggling to reach her full potential because of societal standards for women. Troy struggled to reach is dream of being a pro-baseball player, but his career was stopped because of racial discrimination.

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During this time period, women were very restricted. There were women roles and there were man roles. Women were expected to handle household things like cook, clean, and take care of children which wasn't appealing to Edna nor made her happy which is why Edna started pushing away from these standards. An example of this in the book is, "Every step she took toward relieving herself of obligations added to her strength and expansion as an individual. She began to look with her own eyes; to see and to apprehend the deeper undercurrents of life. No longer was she content to "feed upon opinion" when her own soul had invited her." Gender roles is hat was holding Edna back from becoming her true self and once she realized that she blossomed.

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The novel takes place in the 1950's. The characters in the play are African American and dealt with racism on a daily basis. An example of this in the play is, "Troy: "The nigger has a watermelon this big....Talking about...'What watermelon, Mr. Rand?'...Trying to hide that great big old watermelon under his coat. Afraid to let the white man see him carry it home." This quote shows the stereotype that black people love watermelon, Troy was ashamed of this stereotype and hid the fact that he had a watermelon in his possession.

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Race, family, hopes & dreams, death

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Edna's true self is being released from the stereotypes of conventions (women's roles) and removing herself from these set standards placed on women during this time period. An example in the story is, "Even as a child she had lived her own small life all within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life—that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions." This quote shows how Edna conformed to societal expectations and Edna's true self was questioning why she was conforming to these standards.

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Freedom, Emptiness, Solitude of independence, Gender roles