Death is what we will all soon have to face. It is the most inevitable event in a person's life but it can also be a new beginning. Death is the end of two plays, Fences by August Wilson and The Sandbox by Edward Albee. These plays differ based on how other characters feel about the main characters' deaths before and after their deaths. We always reconcile and remember the life of a dead person. The main character of Fences, Troy, had a complicated relationship with his son and was having an affair with another woman. Cory is having a hard time with his father but finally receives ten dollars despite his father's misfortune. Upon Troy's death, Cory refuses to go to his father's funeral suggesting that he still hasn't forgiven his father, but his mother convinces him to pay his respects. In The Sandbox, the grandmother is very old and dying of old age. She is very old and her daughter and son-in-law eagerly await her death. Although the grandmother's daughter is quite thoughtless, she sincerely cries to her mother after all the burden her mother has caused. When a person dies, we human beings don't think about the bad things he did but we think about what he achieved. During a person's life, characters in plays show hatred towards the main characters, but upon their death, hatred turns into forgiveness. Troy Maxson is the main protagonist of the comedy, Fences. He is an African American father and husband struggling to support his family. As a young man he was a great baseball player, but now he works as a street cleaner. His misadventures greatly affect his relationship with his family, especially his sons, Lyons and Cory. According to Molly Wilson O'Reilly, Troy prides himself on being the breadwinner of his family (O'Reilly). He... in the center of the card... considered a hero to their families. Their death is defined by how they lived and they will always be remembered through the legacy they left in the world. Works Cited Kearl, Michael C. “Dying Well: The Unexpressed Dimension of Aging Well. (Aging in contemporary society, part 2: choices and processes).” American Behavioral Scientist 39.3 (1996):336+. An academic file. Network. March 28, 2011.O'Reilly, Mollie Wilson. “Fertile Ground: August Wilson's 'Fences'.” Commonweal 137.11(2010): 20+. Academic OneFile. Network. March 30, 2011.Sinclair, Shane. “Impact of death and dying on the personal lives and practices of palliative and hospital care professionals.” CMAJ: Journal of the Canadian Medical Association 183.2 (2011):180+.Academic OneFile.Web. March 27, 2011.Wessling, Joseph H. "Wilson's Fences." The Explicator 57.2 (1999): 123+. Academic OneFile.Web. March 27. 2011.