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3 pages in length. While many may look upon Toni Morrison's female characterization as being both strong and defiant in the face of patriarchy, others consider stories like Sula and Song of Solomon to reflect much more submissive women whose struggles to seek out their own identity and overcome social judgment only serve to aggravate their attempts. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Solomon to reflect much more submissive women whose struggles to seek out their own identity and overcome social judgment only serve to aggravate their attempts. Men like Macon - who
feel a distinct sense of importance and control over their wives, family and virtually all who come in contact with them, tend to have a greater incidence of spousal abuse
than do those who regard their mates in a more equal and respectful manner. While domestic abuse occurs in every corner of the world, it is much more readily
apparent in those households where women like Ruth are considered second class citizens. The extent to which Ruth feels captive in her own home without a way to escape
such unrelenting marital discord is both grand and far-reaching; that she has always had the ability to walk away from the mental, emotional and physical abuse speaks to the fact
that she is a weak individual without the strength to fend for her own survival. "Macon didnt wait to put his fork down. He dropped it on the
table while his hand was on its way across the bread plate becoming the fist he smashed into her jaw. Milkman hadnt planned any of it, but he had
to know that one day, after Macon hit her, hed see his mothers hand cover her lips as she searched with her tongue for any broken teeth...and that on that
day he would not be able to stand it..." (Morrison 67). The absence of identity equates to the loss of self Ruths tormented world, a conflict with which virtually
every central characters grapples. Morrisons words are instrumental in effectuating the significant absence of self-image so commonplace in poor black communities, particularly when women have no voice in a
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