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Pride comes before a fall. Throughout the story, Hurston portrays Sykes as an embodiment of the sin of pride. He is arrogant and inconsiderate, caring only about his own desires. He treats Delia cruelly now that he has tired of her. He showers Bertha with gifts and attention, showing that he knows how to be loving but chooses not to. Although ...
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As Delia Jones triumphs in the end of Zora Neale Hurston’s short story Sweat, so too does Zora Neale Hurston and all African American women with her. Delia Jones is freed from her oppressive husband, Sykes, at the end of the story and will be able to live an independent, happier life without him (Hurston 1997).
While “Sweat” is closely focused on the troubled relationship between Delia and Sykes, it is also set in a poor, all-black town in segregated 1920s Florida. The theme of race and class, although it is not a central part of the story’s plot, inevitably comes into play in such a setting. Zora Neale Hurston uses this aspect of the story to ...
Zora Neale Hurston. Rutgers University Press, 1997 - Fiction - 233 pages. Now frequently anthologized, Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat" was first published in Firell, a legendary literary magazine of the Harlem Renaissance, whose sole issue appeared in November 1926. Among contributions by Gwendolyn Bennett, Countee Cullen, Langston ...
1 de mar. de 1997 · Zora Neale Hurston pulled from her past experiences as she pours her sweat into her writing and creates the beautiful and empowering narrative, Sweat. Hurston’s writing has been an influence for decades and, in this particular piece of work, encourages women to liberate themselves from abusive situations.
Zora Neale Hurston portrays racism and poverty as serious problems that can provoke a variety of responses, some more useful than others. In particular, with the character of Sykes, she shows that the stress of inhabiting a marginalized social position may partially explain morally objectionable behavior, but it does not excuse such a choice.
