supports the story’s title‚ Sweat. The conflict in this story is is mainly between the protagonist‚ Delia‚ and her husband‚ Sykes‚ who is horribly mean and cruel to her. He is cheating on her and has before and treats her as if she is a servant. He also beats her. She has taken all that she can handle‚ but is limited by her race and gender as to what she can do about it. This is why when the snake bites Sykes‚ she simply watches him. The foreshadowing
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Hurston‚ Delia Jones is a lonely figure of moral correctness in the face of evil‚ in this case‚ her husband Sykes‚ who represents the temptations she has been fighting in her battle against good and evil. Delia’s interactions with the other characters and her surroundings allows to clearly see two main parts‚ one of survival between men and women and the other one of empowerment. Delia’s ability to survive her everyday life and overcome all of the obstacles placed in front of her by Sykes‚ we can
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Summary Report: Sweat Vital Statistics Author: Zora Neale Hurston Title: Sweat Published date: 1926 Main Characters Delia: A hard working‚ washerwoman and wife that is abused by her husband. She is portrayed as the protagonist. Sykes: A lazy‚ stay-at-home husband who is abusive to his wife and has a mistress name Bertha. He is portrayed as the antagonist. Point of View The story is written in a third person omniscient point of view. Setting of Action The story took place in a
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plays a larger role than one might initially expect and the way it is perceived by characters such as Sykes and Delia are drastically different. While Delia is a “good” woman‚ goes to church‚ and works hard for the white people whom she washes clothes for‚ her husband views her to be a hypocrite. “But she was a wash-woman‚ and Monday morning meant a great deal to her” right off we’re introduced to Delia ’s strong work ethic‚ it appears to be central to her identity. As the story continues‚ we come to
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satisfied through smiles and singing. In Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat‚” Delia Jones hides her frustration about her unfaithful husband‚ Sykes‚ and the hard work she must do with songs and an overall contemptuous tone – even when feeling angry. Hurston highlights that Delia labors as hard as a man by maintaining a well-paying job and being the sole provider of the family; Delia is also given immense emotional strength to kill Sykes with no remorse. Moreover‚ Hurston makes subtle claims about race and
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and the way he treats her. Delia is a hard-working woman who is very obedient and faithful to her husband‚ Sykes. Through harsh words‚ he cuts her down about her work of washing white folks clothes and her looks saying that he “hates skinny woman”. Delia’s appearance resembles her hard work‚ with “knuckly hands” from using the washboard. Delia has put many hard- earned tears‚ blood‚ and sweat into her house while supporting Sykes’ habits and taking all the
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reveal the fact that “the good will prevail” and Sykes will finally get what he deserves. From the very beginning‚ the reader notices the psychological and verbal abuse that Sykes puts on Delia. It was a Sunday and Delia decided to get ahead on her work for the week by separating piles of clothes by color. Fear then came upon her when “…something long‚ round‚ limp‚ and black fell upon her shoulder and slithered to the floor beside her” (355). Sykes’ bull whip‚ mistaken for a snake‚ invokes “great
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characters of this short story‚ Delia and Sykes experienced an extreme amount of conflict throughout the story. For starters Sykes is very abusive with Delia and he treats her as if she is nothing. Sykes creates more conflict between the two by running his bull whip across her shoulder causing her to freak out because it resembles a snake‚ which Delia is afraid of. Everything he does to her is done on purpose and he doesn’t show any remorse. Although Sykes continuously does Delia wrong she doesn’t
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“Sweat” This short story has very powerful moral and religious resemblance. Right away we get the impression that Delia is a doer‚ she washes cloths for living. She starts her week by first going to church every Sunday‚ she is religiously strong. Her husband Sykes Jones is the complete opposite from his wife‚ abusive‚ immoral and inconsiderate to her feelings. In the story Delia says to her husband‚ “Sweat‚ sweat‚ sweat! Work and sweat‚ cry and sweat‚ pray and sweat.” There is no lost love between
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story‚ similar to others‚ shows the characters growth throughout the story with narration‚ diction‚ imagery‚ and language. Through the conflict Delia Jones faces throughout the short story‚ she begins to development a stronger‚ assertive attitude. Because of Delia’s abusive husband‚ Sykes‚ he inadvertently helped her to gain strength to stand up to him. Delia Jones’ husband disagrees with everything she does‚ by throwing around hurtful slashes of physical and emotional abuse since the second month after
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