In “Sweat” Zora Neale Hurston used the literary device characterization to convey how a meek woman overcomes her struggles against her abusive and unloving husband.
Zora Neale Hurston used the literary device characterization, in her story ‘Sweat,' to convey how a meek woman becomes strong and defiant against all the odds. ‘Sweat’ is a story about a submissive woman named Delia. On page 226, her husband kicks around her laundry, and she replies with, “Ah ain’t for no fuss t’night Sykes. Ah just come from taking sacraments at the church house.” Delia quickly lets her husband push her around. However, further, in the story, Delia “habitual meekness seemed to slip from her shoulders like a blown scarf” (p. 226). Her meekness easily slips from
Zora Neale Hurston used the literary device characterization, in her story ‘Sweat,' to convey how a meek woman becomes strong and defiant against all the odds. ‘Sweat’ is a story about a submissive woman named Delia. On page 226, her husband kicks around her laundry, and she replies with, “Ah ain’t for no fuss t’night Sykes. Ah just come from taking sacraments at the church house.” Delia quickly lets her husband push her around. However, further, in the story, Delia “habitual meekness seemed to slip from her shoulders like a blown scarf” (p. 226). Her meekness easily slips from