Hera

August Wilson's play Fences narrates the struggles that the protagonist Troy Maxson confronts as a black facing pressures from the racial inequality prevalent in the 1950s American Society. The main plot of the play progresses as the events occur around, and the play opens with Troy and his friend Bono's conversation as they come back from their work place. The opening scene of the play serves to present Troy's largeness and strengh, reveals his influence over his friend and the friendship of Troy and Bono through the stage directions, and dialogues between the two characters.

Topics: 1) Troy as a large and strong man - Stage Directions reveal 2) Troy's influence over Bono - While Bono acts as a mentor for Troy throughout the play, Troy's larger physical strucutre conveys the dominance that he possesses when he is with his friend (Troy dominates the dialogue) 3) Relatioship of the two characters - Good freindship (revealed through stage directions + diaglogues)