One of the prominent motifs in August Wilson’s acclaimed play, "Fences", is baseball. Firstly, Troy Maxson is connected to baseball because he was once a star in the Negro Leagues. However, despite his exceptional talent in hitting the ball outside of the park, which has made him well known, he was not accepted to the Major Leagues due to the fact that he is African American. Troy’s standing as a once promising baseball player provides him credence as an authority of the baseball stars in the 1950s. Indeed, it can even be said that Troy would have been a great player if not for the racial issues in the sport during the time.Troy comes to know Josh Gibson because they share the same circumstances in their baseball careers. Like Troy, Josh Gibson was a star player for the Negro Leagues and could have been of great value to the Major League? But because he was also African American, he was denied admission to the Major League. However, their main difference is that unlike Troy, Josh Gibson made a wonderful career for himself which was tragically cut short by his premature death at the age of thirty-five years. Gibson’s career as a player is symbolic in the play because it is a historical illustration of how racial issues affect individuals. The segregation of races in baseball prevented Troy from achieving his full potential. And like a cruel joke on his life, the Major League started accepting blacks when he was already past his prime. As Rose tells Troy, “They got lots of colored boys playing ball now. Baseball and football” (I.i.76). Similarly, Bono understands the tragic circumstances that hindered Troy. He tells him that “Times have changed, Troy, you just come along too early” (I.i.77).Because Troy’s tragedy lies in his failure to enter the Major League, he becomes fixated with baseball and uses it to describe the circumstances of other characters. For instance, he keeps tab of Cory’s defiance by pertaining to his insubordination as “strike one” and “strike two.” Moreover, he rationalizes his affair with Alberta by saying that he wants “to steal second” (II.i.118). And finally, he regards death as a “fastball on the outside corner” (I.i.82) and frequently refers to his story about his battle with death he fabricates.

Revenge is set at the center of the play and drives the characters' actions while adding to the exciting events in the play, this does not mean that Hamlet is a revenge play as some have argued. This is for instance confirmed by the fact that Hamlet has no need to investigate the cause of his father's death as his father's ghost communicated with him the nature of the events surrounding his murder. Hamlet does not need to search for the identity of the murdered as he knows its his uncle. The only obstacles in his way of revenge are ones he creates himself through hesitation, self-doubt, and indecisiveness. he manages to avenge his father's death at the end, he does so at the expense of the lives of his mother, the girl he loves, her father, brother, and himself. The agony of the closing scenes could have been avoided had Hamlet been able to take action and avenge his father. It are these particular facts which transform Hamlet into a tragedy of both the individual as well as the state. Hamlet is a very melancholic and tragic person. He contemplates death and his own suicide at several instances in the play. Also, he does not seem to be particularly content with his family or himself. This unhappiness with the external world is clear through his unfavorable outlook on his mother's marriage with his uncle Claudius. It is thereby also clear through his harsh repudiation of his love, Ophelia. In this context, it is interesting to observe how Hamlet's words seem often to indicate a general disgust and mistrust of women. the Prince of Denmark appears little concerned with the state of affairs in Denmark and his actions reflect throughout the play the worsening state of the nation. Hamlet can be summarized as a philosophical, melancholic, hesitant, intellectual, and destructively rash and impulsive character who indulges in his own selfish desires at several instances in the play, at the expense of himself and those around him which eventually contributes to the tragedy of not only himself but also of the state of Denmark.

Hamlet

Hamlet becomes angry for whats happening with his uncle and mother. he thought of committing suicide but did not proceeds because God views suicide as a sin. But he is also very upset for his fathers death. he wants revenge from those People who betrayed him. " i'll have these players play something like murder of my father before mine uncle...( line 569-570).
hamlets friend tell him they saw a ghost that looks like his father. At first he does not believe them he wants to see this ghost with his own eyes. He goes to see the Ghost and realize it is his father. his Father tells him that his uncle was the cause of his death, he poisoned him. Hamlet states that his uncle married his mother to become king. "upon my secure hour thy uncle stole with juice of cursed hebona in a vail and in the porches of my ears did pour"(line 61-63). this means that his uncle is to become king since he was the next in line. "O most pernicious woman O villain, villain, smiling damned villain my troubles meet it is i set down..( 105-110) Hamlet is stating he would erase all false and trivial images and saying of his uncle because of all the wrong things he did to his family and father.