Comparing Death of a Salesman and Fences

When it comes to canvas and contrasting two different cultures and morals the differences can be fill in and day. In Death Of A Sales humanness and Fences, these stories follow two middle-class families most the same time period (late 1940-1950s), who are both(prenominal) facing problems at heart their own households. From marital issues to failing father/son relationships, both of these stories paint a picture to the audience of what life in an urban family living in that time setting was like through the indites look.And nevertheless yet with all(prenominal) the things amongst these two plays that light up them alike, in that location are also some(prenominal) things that make them very different. In Fences we follow troy weight Maxon, an ex baseball player and hard headed family man who takes pride in providing for his family with his job as a garbage man. along side him is his married woman, arise Maxon, a tell it like it is type of fair sex who cares for her fa mily and wants vigour more than to get it together. Their teenage son, Cory Maxon, a high tametime football player with college bound dreams and the talent to take him there.And then there is Lyons, Troys son from a previous relationship, and a talented jazz role player who has a hard time finding a source of income. In Death Of A Salesman we follow Willy Lowman, a troubled traveling salesman who wants nothing more than to see himself and his family succeed in the American Dream. His wife Linda Lowman, a loving woman with a big heart, who would do anything to keep her husband and her sons happy. And their two sons Happy and lick.Happy being a sex sick ladies man working in a department store, while Biff is an unemployed ex high school football star who false to a life of stealing after failing high school and not graduating. both(prenominal) Troy and Willy have two sons and even their children are alike in ways, both Biff and Corey played/play football and both were/are ver y good at it, solely poke lost his ambition soon after high school though his father wished he would have done better with himself. while Corey time-tested to use his talent at football to take himself places but Troy selfishly stood in his way.Willys son Happy constantly stands in biffs buns while Lyons is Troys son from a different mother who never proverb Troy through his childhood due to Troy being in jail, unlike Corey, so its almost as if he stands in Coreys shadow as well though Troy nor Rose treats him any differently. different Willy and Linda, who seem to put more attention towards Biff than Happy. So it seems that the boys all have similarities between them but the way they are treated by their mother and father are where the differences lay.In Death Of A Salesman Willy treats his wife Linda, as though he does not appreciate her. He talks to her disrespectfully and even ignores her on occasion, and even though he does this blatantly she keep mum stands by his side a nd acts as his support. In Fences Troy treats his wife Rose with a certain amount of respect but when he does footprint step forward of line Rose is not the one to take it. A perfect example of this would be the incident that both men had plunge a way to have an extramarital affair, and both for validations reasons. Linda chose to ignore the fact that Willy was having an affair.By ignoring what was happening, Linda did not have to admit to herself what was going on, and saved herself some trying choices. Linda was not strong enough to make those choices. When Rose found out that Troy had been unfaithful she chose to leave him. And even through it all she compose chose to take care of the child he had with another woman, because in her eyes Troy was guilty, and not the child. This shows how strong Rose is in comparison to Linda. Both Death Of A Salesman and Fences were very dramatic plays that touched on many subjects that people even today can tint to.From infidelity, to figh ting, to lost friendships/relationships and even death. both stories left the audiences with something to think about in their own in-person lives and both stories made sure to create a character everyone could relate to in some way. there are common themes that run end-to-end both stories. Among these are two, hard working men that can be a bit disillusioned by life. The main characters of each humbug may be similar in many ways but both authors made it a point to highlight the differences between them and the differences between the stories themselves.