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__**FENCES RESEARCH PROJECT**__

The play, "Fences" presents a slice of life in a black community in the 1950's. Throughout the play Troy struggles for equality in a society which seems to offer none. Troy's behavior towards his family is violent. Later in the story, soon one notices that beneath Troy's mask of cruelty and toughness there is an individual who takes responsibility for his family no matter how difficult circumstances may seem. 

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