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A 3 page essay that offers a close reading of two passages, one from The Darker Face of the Earth” by Rita Dove and the other from “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles. No additional sources cited.
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between the reality that slaves were fellow human beings and the slaveholder perspective that slaves were property. The setting is a bedroom, where childbirth has just occurred. Everyone concerned, from
the doctor to Louis, Amalias husband, to the slaves in the yard, expect the birth to confirm the societal status quo by bringing a white child into the world who
will eventually inherit the social position and wealth of the white male master which includes human chattel. The birth of a black child negates all expectations, which amuses Amalia enormously.
Amalia is a highly intelligent, ambitious woman who has been "doted on" by her father. The Doctor makes the interesting comment that Amalia probably "never forgave him for that"
(Dove 13). Speculating on why Amalia should hold this against her father, the only conceivable answer is that such attention ill prepared her for assuming her expected nineteenth century domestic
role, which required absolute submission to the will of her husband, passivity, acceptance of her non-personhood, and complete concentration on her role within the domestic sphere. In the nineteenth century,
offering education to women was a topic of much contention and debate. Amalia defies all gender conventions, including those governing sexuality. But, in so doing, she introduces further contradictions into
an already contradictory situation. Consider how she acknowledges the baby as both "my son" and as "valuable property." Her maternal concern for the baby is insistence that "...no harm shall
come to this child" (Dove 17) but she parts with him willingly and seemingly with no conflicted emotions whatsoever. Likewise, the Doctor is willing to have the baby killed by
"accident," as long as he is not personally involved. He encourages Louis to put something sharp into the basket, which is an attitude that he would never take with a
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