Women Abundance In Toni Morrison's Song Of Solomon

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Women Abundance
Morrison utilized different ladies as a part of the novel "song of Solomon", to highlight certain circumstances that ladies confronted in those times. In the novel she utilized Ruth as a case of how ladies were for the most part seen is second rate compared to the man and how most were extremely reliant and needing a man in their life, in view of the childhood that they had. Additionally Morrison highlights the absence of adoration and consideration Ruth is given by her significant other to show how a few ladies felt back then however none truly talked up due to the status in the public eye as ladies, and how men didn 't generally respect them, aside from concerning general housework and being the perfect housewife.
In the novel, Ruth describes herself as a 'small ' woman and this is essentially her character throughout. She is music 'stunned ' into silence by her abusive husband. Her growth is also stunted like the 'dying maple tree in the side yard ' and she seems to understand very little throughout the novel. She did things to look for her better
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This sight extremely repulses Macon and he decides to have nothing to do with her thereafter. However, she needed him to notice her again as he did at the start of their marriage and so she made winning back his affection her lifetime goal as is the case for many women at that time. So she gave birth to Milkman in the hope that they could rekindle their love. Giving birth to Milkman was a life accomplishment to Ruth and one can argue that she truly represented the unliberated woman in the sexist society that dictated their every move. Furthermore, Milkman was also a representation of the last time Macon made love to her. This is evident in her hard work to keep him alive during her pregnancy as Macon tried various ways to make her abort him as a

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