Compare And Contrast Desiree Baby And Sweat By Zora Neale Hurston
Samina Sultana
0920388015
Professor Khaliquzzaman M. Elias
ENG 118
24th April, 2011
In “Desiree Baby” the writer Kate Chopin creates the image of racial prejudice, unequal gender roles and patriarchal society. It is a tragic story which portraits the brutal attitude towards the black people. The writer shows us the barbarous world where an innocent wife faces the cruel side of her husband because the child she gave birth was not white. At the unpleasant ending, the story turns into a mournful short story because the husband, Armand discovers that he is the reason and responsible for the baby not being white.
In the story, “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston, the narrator shows the common picture of a relationship. …show more content…
In both stories we see the violence against women. 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 show the common image of male domination society. But both of the stories ended up …show more content…
She was adopted by the Madame Valmonde after they found her asleep at the gateway of Valmonde. They raised this nameless child as their own child. When Desiree become young and beautiful; her beauty, innocence attract the attentions of Armand. Monsieur Valmone reminds him that the girl is nameless. Others warned Armand about Desiree’s unknown background and origin before he married her. At that time, this did not matter to Armand. He did not care about the origin. He only considers the love and affection between them. The world of trust and love turn into a cheerless and dark world. The depressing silence into the house gives the reader a quick picture of neglected household. The lovable relationship between these two happy people turns into sour when they face the harsh reality. The vicious nature of the world becomes visible when the child came into their world. The husband starts questioning about her origin. But he is one who fell in love with her blindly and the history of her life did not matter to
0920388015
Professor Khaliquzzaman M. Elias
ENG 118
24th April, 2011
In “Desiree Baby” the writer Kate Chopin creates the image of racial prejudice, unequal gender roles and patriarchal society. It is a tragic story which portraits the brutal attitude towards the black people. The writer shows us the barbarous world where an innocent wife faces the cruel side of her husband because the child she gave birth was not white. At the unpleasant ending, the story turns into a mournful short story because the husband, Armand discovers that he is the reason and responsible for the baby not being white.
In the story, “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston, the narrator shows the common picture of a relationship. …show more content…
In both stories we see the violence against women. 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 show the common image of male domination society. But both of the stories ended up …show more content…
She was adopted by the Madame Valmonde after they found her asleep at the gateway of Valmonde. They raised this nameless child as their own child. When Desiree become young and beautiful; her beauty, innocence attract the attentions of Armand. Monsieur Valmone reminds him that the girl is nameless. Others warned Armand about Desiree’s unknown background and origin before he married her. At that time, this did not matter to Armand. He did not care about the origin. He only considers the love and affection between them. The world of trust and love turn into a cheerless and dark world. The depressing silence into the house gives the reader a quick picture of neglected household. The lovable relationship between these two happy people turns into sour when they face the harsh reality. The vicious nature of the world becomes visible when the child came into their world. The husband starts questioning about her origin. But he is one who fell in love with her blindly and the history of her life did not matter to