Fences and Master Harold Indict their respective cultures

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Part II - B. Both Wilson and Fugard indict their cultures in Fences and Master Harold in terms of racial prejudice. How is the indictment manifested in both plays? Are there any similarities and/or differences?

The racial prejudice as exhibited in the plays Master Harold and Fences manifests itself differently within the context of each story. The racial prejudice we find within the drama of Master Harold ...and the boys is quite evident by both the title of the play and the dialogue contained inside the story. However, the play of Fences although it takes place in a time period of racial prejudice is not about racism directly, instead the story deals with a man's decisions that have tragic results.

In the story of Master Harold, we have a play set in the climate of South Africa's racist apartheid society. A society that taught a seventeen-year-old white boy he could disrespect, taunt and be master over two black men. This comment of racial prejudice is manifested absolutely and with great emphasis in the attitude of Hally the young white boy. Master Harold warns Sam, "You're only a servant in here, and don't forget it" (974). From that point we are bombarded with a diatribe that clearly indicts the racial

In conclusion while both Master Harold and Fences have an underlying factor of racial prejudice, the way the author's indict that prejudice is vastly different. In the case of Master Harold, we have a clear and concise form of racial prejudice that is seen in both the title of the work and the dialogue contained within. The view is worldly and damning of a country's decision to preserve its racial status quo. Even though the environment, at the time that Fences takes place has racial prejudice. The racial prejudice is secondary within the story. The author deals with the subject and his approach leaves the character with an improved position. He manages to overcome the obstacle he sees in his path. In so doing, the racial outlook is considerably better than that of the characters in Master Harold.

In the play Fences the character of Rose is strong and honest and unselfish. Her husband is crude and vulgar using colorful language to express his self. Rose tells her husband "Man, hush your mouth. I ain't no dog" (1320). Just like the character of Nora in a Doll's House, the character of Rose has to deal with a husband who abuses her verbally. Moreover, like the character of Nora in a Doll's House, Rose had to deal with a very serious hardship concerning her husband, his infidelity that results in the disintegration of her marriage. Rose finds redemption in the act of caring for her husband's daughter.

The characters of Nora from a Doll's House, and Rose from Fences, have in common the way their husbands have treated them as if they are children and/or objects to ridicule. Women were supposed to play

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