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Female Characters
Male Characters
Symbolism & Metaphor
Plot/Setting
Relationships
100
At the beginning of the play, this woman has invested 18 years in her man.
Who is Rose?
100
Sent to prison for murder, where he learned to play baseball.
Who is Troy Maxson?
100
Troy's child with Alberta, she embodies innocence and hope for the future.
Who is Raynell?
100
By this year, when the play opens, European immigrants had solidified the industrial might of America.
What is 1957?
100
Troy's white employer.
Who is Mr. Rand?
200
She works at Passavant Hospital in the laundry.
Who is Bonnie?
200
After being kicked out of his father's house, he became a corporal in the Marines.
Who is Cory Maxson?
200
In the play, this keeps loved ones in for Rose and keeps Death out for Troy.
What is the fence?
200
The play ends in this year, with Troy's funeral.
What is 1957?
200
Troy's mistress.
Who is Alberta?
300
Bono describes her as "big and healthy."
Who is Alberta?
300
He carries an old trumpet around because he believes he is the Archangel Gabriel.
Who is Gabe Maxson?
300
The sport that represents the American Dream in the play.
What is baseball?
300
This hangs from a tree in the Maxson's back yard.
What is a ball made of rags?
300
The names of Troy's sons.
Who are Cory and Lyons?
400
She's the innocent offspring of Troy's extramarital affair.
Who is Raynell?
400
Troy's friend of 30+ years, he admires Troy's honesty, capacity for hard work, and strength.
Who is Bono?
400
At the play's end, the gates of heaven are said to stand open this wide.
What is "as wide as God's closet"
400
In his introduction, Richards says one might correctly mistake the setting of the play for this city.
What is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?
400
Cory's boss at the A & P.
Who is Mr. Stawicki?
500
She extends credit to Troy at her store, but Rose says her prices are higher than the A&P's.
Who is Bella?
500
Troy's son by a previous marriage, he "fancies himself a musician."
Who is Lyons?
500
This lottery symbolizes Rose's efforts toward financial independence from Troy.
What is the 651?
500
After leaving home and making his way north, Troy lives here before going to prison.
What is under the Brady Street Bridge?
500
Cory's football coach, who tells Cory that the team needs him.
Who is Coach Zellman?