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    In her short story “Sweat”, Zora Neale Hurston details the troubled lives of a married African American couple in the deep south. Born and raised in Florida herself, Huston had an excellent perspective on the culture of that time and area. She no doubt saw the situations and heard the strong dialect that she presents in the short story, in which Sykes constantly beats and demeans his wife Delia, who keeps her retorts minimal as to not provoke him further. Sykes is openly dating another woman,

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    Brenda Cozar Professor Galindo English 1302 NC8 4 December 2014 A Hard Working Woman Zora Naele Hurston published “Sweat” in the 1920’s, a piece of literature which narrates the story of a hard-working woman by the name of Delia Jones and her struggles to overcome the oppression of her abusive husband. As the piece of literature advances, readers can interpret various symbols incorporated into the writing. Three of the major themes found in this story are domestic abuse, empowerment, and survival

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    “Oh well, whatever goes over the Devil 's back, is got to come under his belly. Sometime or ruther, Sykes, like everybody else, is gointer reap his sowing” said Delia Jones (Hurston 1024). This belief comes true for Delia Jones in a short story “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston. In this story “Sweat” Hurston illustrates the obnoxious life of a religious African American woman, Delia who continually suffers from oppression by her wicked husband, Sykes and explored the struggle between good (Delia) and

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    How Religion and Feminism plays a role in Hurston’s “Sweat” Characters and phrases that represent symbols contribute to the depth of literacy mechanism, and these mechanisms and symbols fluctuate according to different religious and cultural standards. These cultural standards from the Harlem Renaissance Zora Neale Hurston’s writings shows the problems that focus on turmoil of African Americans. From African American literature after reconstruction and now , I have noticed the magnitude of race

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    Zora Neale Hurston's short story, “Sweat,” portrays a conflict between the elements of good and evil. Delia, a battered wife, represents God or a God like figure. Sykes, or the evil Satan like figure, constantly inflicts physical, psychological, and verbal damage to this God like figure. He does this to attempt to overcome Delia, or defeat God. If his actions are successful, it could be perceived as Satan defeating God. Hurston uses the color white as a symbolic representation of purity. As she

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    “Sweat,” a story written by Zora Neale Hurston, demonstrates how a washer woman named Delia shows strong female empowerment, and overcomes the abuse of her husband. Written in the 1920s, this story takes place in central Florida, near Orlando. Symbolism is the most significant factor to understanding the story. The title “Sweat” is the most apparent symbol in the piece of literature, the snake is another, as well as the chinaberry tree. These three symbols all represent a selection of meanings and

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    In “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston, Delia refuses to be driven out of her home by her husband, Sykes. This story is all about female empowerment and a woman overcoming her abusive husband. Delia was trapped in a marriage with someone that hated her guts. In this story Hurston used many components of narration, the three that most stood out was symbolism, character and pov, and plot. Hurston coated this story with symbolism. Delia is a hardworking washwoman, which was a lot of work because there were

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    The short story “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston, is an empowering tale about an honest, hardworking woman who stood her ground and persevered in spite of her stressful living conditions. Hurston uses elaborate detail to paint a picture of a humble, Delia Jones, who endured emotional and physical abuse, as well as intimidation and eventually redemption at the hands of her husband Sykes Jones. Fear is a powerful emotion and can be used to either cripple us or empower us, and Delia chose to rise above

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    Zora Neale Hurston was one of many authors who left an impact on society, particularly black America. During the 1920’s, women were looked at as submissive and did not have many rights. She gave women a voice. Zora Neale Hurston is a remarkable author who reflects her life in most of her writing. She was a writer during the Harlem Renaissance Era. After much success, she was acknowledged as “Queen of the Harlem Renaissance.” Her literary work was not given proper recognition in the beginning because

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    In Zora Neale Hurston’s short story “Sweat” and her essay “How It Feels to Be the Colored Me,” illustrates how women are marginalized and treated, but had these texts been written at a different time, place, language, or to a different audience, it would differ. In “Sweat”, Delia Jones was being physically and emotionally abused by her husband Sykes Jones. Not only was she an African American, but she was a woman that lived in the 1920s. She had no power. Despite the amount of abuse she suffered

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