narrator and Delia‚ who are married to two very different types of men‚ who are arguably equally as bad in their own ways. The juxtaposition between these two stories specifically underlines the subordination of women in relationships‚ revealing how in diverse situations women face similar challenges of being
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grabbing the wrong hands from the freezing lake. Uncle Nathan shows indirectly and directly that he is in love with Delia not Eunice; "I [Nathan] suppose I liked Eunice at first because she looked so much like Delia" (Summers pg. 196) Nathan was also telling the story of stone man hill to his niece‚ stone man hill was the symbol of his confusion between Eunice and Delia. "I wanted both I thought when pa told me to get those rocks picked‚ that that was what I had to do. I
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The short story “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston tells a tale about Delia Jones and her husband Sykes. This tale tells of Delia’s troubles with Sykes and her ultimate independence from him. This story has prominent uses of many resources of language but the most prominent is the use of tone. The tone of this passage is created in a few different ways‚ and each adds to the overall emotionally charged tone. The use of language within this passage helps make the tone more authentic. The language
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Ware‚ Tyler J English 152 Professor Landon February 10‚ 2013 Essay 1 Religion & Sexism in “Sweat” When you think about women in the south in the 1920’s what comes to your mind first? Is it the hard work they did? Is it the fact that they were good family oriented women? Was it the way that they were self-sacrificing and took care of their husbands before themselves? Remembering the good can also come with some bad. Women in this time period had to go through many travesties‚
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Neale Hurston‚ an oppressed wife‚ Delia finally gets revenge from her husband Sykes. The end of the story is significant because after being abused by her husband for fifteen years Delia finally had enough and seeks revenge. Throughout the story Sykes shows no respect towards his wife‚ he always mistreats her‚ and does anything he can to ruin her day. For example‚ Sykes does not respect Delia’s work even though she works very hard to support to both of them. While Delia was sorting clothes‚ he yelled
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African-American literature. This story shows the life of a hard-working wash woman‚ named Delia‚ who lives with her abusive‚ unfaithful and unemployed husband‚ Sykes. In order to pay the bills and put food on the table for herself‚ Delia must work as a wash woman. In this day in time women are not able to work real jobs because of the discrimination and inequality of women in the workplace. This causes Delia to wash the white people’s clothes and be viewed as a slave to the
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A person must learn to make decisions wisely because they will have to live with the consequences for the rest of their life. Uncle Nathan of Merna Summer’s “The Skating Party” is unable to decide between a life he wants to live and life that he presented to live. He feels obligated to live by others standards. He has spent 30 years of his life suppressing his emotions and the incident of his youth‚ he wishes he spoke up for what he truly wanted. Moreover‚ once Uncle Nathan’s niece‚ Maida discovers
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please her husband‚ keep the house looking nice‚ and take care of the kids‚ or she can work a full time job and support her family like the husband. However‚ just a few generations ago‚ society expected a husband to support his wife. In "Sweat‚" Delia‚ the protagonist‚ was constantly badgered by her husband. She survives years of his cruel treatment in a community that does nothing to help her. "Well‚ you better quit gittin `me riled up‚ else they’ll be totin’ you out sooner than you expect‚ Ah’m
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In “Desiree’s Baby” Armand tortures Desiree mentally where in “Sweat” Sykes dominates Delia mentally as well as physically. Armand has no consideration when dealing with blacks. He treats the slaves as possessions rather than human beings. But in “Sweat” Sykes treats his wife as his slave. Armand begins to avoid Desiree and her child when the child reaches the age of three. On the other hand‚ Sykes ignores Delia for washing white people’s clothes and another reason is Bertha. However‚ these two stories
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into which Delia Lovell marries‚ is no exception‚ and in fact‚ they are so stingy that the make other families
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