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In seven pages (6 pp. + 1 pg. abstract), an explication of this short story focusing on the overall importance of the snake is presented. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.
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File: TG15_TGsweat.rtf
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) featured working-class African American women like herself that relied upon faith to carry them through difficult and oftentimes oppressive situations. In her 1926
short story, "Sweat," Hurston tells the story of Sykes and Delia Jones, an unhappily married Florida couple who had been married for 15 years. But instead of one of
Sykes mistresses coming between them, the decisive third party would be a snake that would inhabit their domestic space as well as every aspect of Hurstons story, including plot development,
characterizations, and the uses of symbolism and irony. Delia works hard at keeping her marriage together and keeping a roof over the Joneses heads by taking in laundry from white
folks (much to Sykes outrage) while Sykes pursues other women, most notably Bertha. When he decides to bring a snake home to drive Delia away, the snake reveals much
about the characters and also moves the story towards its climax. The author frequently utilizes S alliteration to recreate the sound of a snakes hiss. In terms of
characterization, Sykes attempts to exploit Delias fear of snakes while he relates to the snake on several levels. He prides himself on charming it much as he believes he
has charmed most of the towns women, and confining Delia to the home for years is comparable to keeping that snake in its box. Sykes masculinity is threatened by
Delias independence and its presence allows him to exert his dominance and strokes his masculine ego. In this way, the main theme of male dominance over women is developed.
So totally does Hurston associate Sykes with the snake that his first name even sounds somewhat like snake, and with the s on the end, there is once again
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