thy brow shalt thou eat…” Or it might be the snake that makes it reflect the Biblical Fall. It is not a mirror image of course. Delia is not Eve‚ and Sykes is not Adam. In fact‚ Sykes seems more like the serpent. Sykes is a callous‚ brutal‚ vain‚ and worthless man. Sykes is an insensitive man who does not care about Delia’s feelings. For example‚ Sykes knows that snakes terrify Delia and yet he takes great pleasure in using this fear against her. He throws his bull whip at her knowing that she will
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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 see Delia’s ability to also maintain her pure nature
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represents how big of a deal her job of washing clothes for the white folk meant to her. Even though Sykes would down talk her “Delia never looked up from her work‚ and her thin‚ stopped shoulders sagged further‚”(2). This quote shows how dedicated she is to her job. Even though she is hurting‚ she manages to do her job because she loves and cares about her job and wants to make her and Sykes marriage work. Sykes exclaimed‚ “Ah done tole you time and again to keep them white folk’s clothes outa dis house
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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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her washing clothes work. The moment she stands up against Syke is on the second page of the story. That she is tired of him and always working. “Work and sweat‚ cry and sweat‚ pray and sweat‚” not only that she always sweat‚ she is always humming a christian tune. One of the pages Sykes and Delia had another argument and one of the insults that Sykes said to her was‚ “One of them amen-corner Christians--sing‚ whoop‚ shout..” Sykes is obviously aware of how strong Delia’s faith must be. With her
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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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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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