Scorn is a shortening of Old French escarn, of Germanic origin. The phrase hell hath no fury like a woman scorned is a version of a line in William Congreve's 1697 play The Mourning Bride : âHeav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'dâ.
Which means heâs also a first-class storyteller and a first-class self-deceiver, and that weâre going to hang on to his words. âFencesâ: The revival of August Wilsonâs play at the Cort Theater stars Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in a marriage brought to aching life. Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times.
The focus of Wilson's attention in Fences is Troy, a 53-year-old head of household who struggles with providing for his family.The location is never specified but seems to be Pittsburgh as there are several references to some of its notable institutions.et in the 1950s, it is the sixth in Wilson's ten-part  Pittsburgh Cycle . Like all of the Pittsburgh plays, Fences explores the evolving African-American experience and examines race relations, among other themes.