It seems that when someone dies, all the horrible things they may have done during their life disappear. Suddenly, everyone's perspective turns to love and admiration, regardless of the things they may have done that hurt others. In the award-winning play Fences, written by August Wilson, this type of event is illustrated when the protagonist, Troy Maxon, dies and everyone close to him remembers him for the man he once was. Before Troy's death, he was a man who let down many people, including his wife, Rose, and his two sons Cory and Lyons, but after his death, they all chose to forgive him, regardless of the circumstances. difficulties that Troy put them through during his lifetime. Rose and Troy met at a very young age and Rose quickly became rather dependent on Troy. She believed that he was the best thing that life had to offer her and that is why “[she] took all of his feelings,…his wants and needs, [his] dreams…and [she] buried them in [him]. …[She] planted [herself] inside [him] and waited to bloom. (1.2.122). She didn't know it wouldn't bloom. Troy never gave her the things she wanted because he simply didn't give her any room. He focused only on his desires and dreams instead of accommodating to improve them both. This is something Rose realized before their marriage began to completely fall apart when he cheated on her. “It didn't take her eighteen years to discover that the ground was hard and rocky and that the flower she had planted was not going to bloom. But [she] clung to [him]” (1.2.122). She held on to Troy even after he cheated on her because she had nothing else to go to. Troy gave him a house, a family, food; all her basic necessities to which she could not turn her back because...... middle of paper ......g "too lazy to work" (1.1.17). Although Lyons doesn't care what Troy says about him because he's irritated. He believes that “if [Troy] wanted to change him, [he] should have been there when [he] was growing up. (1.1.18). Surprisingly, after Troy's death, Lyon forgives him immediately and without hesitation. He continues with admiration for Troy, calling him "something else" (2.2.94) and describing a time when his willingness to persevere was remarkable. All this proves that after a person dies, his loved ones forgive him. for their actions and sins and simply continue their lives. Death makes people realize that maybe they should have forgiven someone in the first place, because once they are gone, they can no longer express their feelings towards them. And no one finds peace in worrying too much about something they no longer have any control over...