Language In The Crucible By Hurston

The other men in the town seem to disrespect Sykes and even suggest that he should die. While Delia started to deliver the clean laundry in town one day, the men talked about how Delia is too good for Sykes and that she deserves better, They also despise Sykes for running around with an ugly and fat woman, ultimately cheating on his hardworking wife. Finally, one man says, “Syke Jones ain’t wuth de shot an’ powder hit would tek tuh kill ‘em. Not to huh he ain’t” (357) while another man adds, “…an’ we oughter kill ‘im” (358). It seems like Hurston portrays this hostility to reiterate to the reader that Sykes will fall victim to a well deserved death.

Sweat’s narrator point of view is told in third person omniscient, meaning the narrator switches from character to character constantly and does not restrict the reader to one character's perspective. Hurston uses this element to introduce us to each of the characters daily life and their belief in Christianity. Not only does it give us each character’s standpoint, but also clarification of an outside view and provide the reader with additional information and background of the married couple.

Although I recognized them as separate ideas, I did not make the association between the three. However, upon reading Crabtree’s interpretation of the novel, her perspective was much needed to further understand the novel. Moreover, it provided more explanation behind Janie’s actions and beliefs. Now I understand how folklore culture shaped Janie’s aspirations and image of romance. As a millennial, it is difficult to relate to the characters in the book, especially Janie. However, Crabtree’s interpretation of Janie’s motivations helped me understand and draw a connection in spite of the time difference. Additionally, it provided reasoning of the large emphasis placed on the vernacular within the novel. It felt that the style of the text truly mirrored the essence of what Hurston wanted to convey, the essence of southern Black culture. In short, I found Crabtree’s interpretation to be thought provocative, it gave me insight to a new perspective I’ve never thought

With Hurston’s tricky dialect, her allusions are usually misunderstood or missed. However, Hurston’s allusions are also compelling because instead of saying a typical reference, she adds a unique twist to her reference. In conclusion, Hurston’s allusions from the novel will be discussed with quotes and the genuine meaning. In chapter one as the story begins, Hurston uses allusion to describe the porch sitters Janie talks about in chapter one.

Both of these demands allow their protagonist to experience liberating moments, but the exercise and continual application of using your voice is what allows Janie to transcend self-recognition or liberating moments, and become liberated. Hurston's definition of freedom is the recognition of “self” illustrated through Janie’s developing voice. While exploring Janie’s three marriages you can see the stages in her life where her voice was silenced, liberated, and then empowered. By the end of the novel Janie is encouraged to continue growing in her liberation and developing her voice. Hurston brings Janie freedom by using true love. Janie’s love for Tea Cake, her third husband, and his love for her allowed Janie to experience an awakening of her self-consciousness. Tea Cake encouraged her to speak her mind, the Muck town allowed her to be free; it was there that Jamie became free from the societal customs that often oppressed her. When Tea Cake died she decided to return home; Janie’s homecoming showed the reader that she was able to return home with a self-conscious awakening, pass on the wisdom she gained to Pheoby, and display her confidence in speaking when she wanted to. She did not feel the need to explain herself if she did not want to because she was confident in

Ad Hominem: Latin for “against the man,” and refers to the logical fallacy (error) of arguing that someone is incorrect because they are unattractive, immoral, weird, or any other bad thing you could say about them as a person. (https://literaryterms.net/ad-hominem/)

What I attempt to show in the above quotation is that through free indirect discourse Hurston is able to effectively express the inner and outer voice of Janie. This voice is the voice of a woman who is

In “Sweat”, Hurston’s use of Sykes’s evil qualities illustrates the actions and the personality of the character Sykes. For example, Sykes has kicked the clothes around the ground because Delia refuses to stop cleaning white men’s clothes and kept working. Hurston’s description of how Sykes is threatening Delia as “Next time, Ah’m gointer kick’em outdoor!,” foregrounding his intimidation (Hurston 517). Snakes were known for being demanding to get what they want and Sykes used a ruthless tactic to hope that Delia would do what he wanted. Also, another illustration of his wicked qualities is shown when Merchant talks to the village men about Sykes seducing his wife with a basket of pecans. The description is described as “He's allus been crazy 'bout fat women, put in Merchant. He'd a' been tied up wid one long time ago if he could a' found one tub have him. Did Ah tell yuh 'bout him come sidlin' roun' mah wife-bringin' her a basket uh pee-cans outa his yard fuh a present? Yessir, mah wife! She tol' him tub take 'em right straight back home, cause Delia works so hard ovah dat washtub she reckon everything on de place taste lak sweat an' soapsuds. Ah jus' wisht Ah'd a' caught 'im 'roun' dere! Ah'd a' made his hips ketch on fiah down dat shell road,” emphasizes this fact (Hurston 519). The author makes use of Sykes’s womanizing ways to show that he tries to win the affection of Merchant’s wife instead of taking the pecans to Delia. His relationship is indifferent when it comes to romance toward Delia, which often

With Hurston’s extensive use of detailed diction such as “running swift”, it allows the reader to easily

Despite the happiness Janie feels with Tea Cake, Hurston makes it clear that she has not found an ideal man. Janie’s relationship with Tea Cake begins to be perplexing, controlling, and challenging. Tea Cake and Janie’s relationship begins to show a lot of flaws. For example, when Tea Cake hosts a party with the money he stole from Janie. He begins flirting with other women, he gambles more often than before, and he even beats Janie to prove how much power he has over her.

Hurston opens the story with Missy anxiously awaiting Joe’s return home from work. Upon his arrival, they have flirtatious play fights and wrestle in “a furious mass of male and female energy”. Joe always placed candy kisses home to Missy May for her to discover in his pockets during a frantic, yet playful search. Throughout “The Gilded Six-Bits” Joe and Missy May continually refer to each other as “sugar,” “honey”, and other endearing names. After Missy May has exposed her infidelity to Joe she realizes that “with this strange man in her bed, she felt embarrassed to get up and dress…” Joe calmly reply’s “Missy May you cry too much. Don’t look back like Lot’s wife and turn to salt.” Joe does not want his wife to concentrate on the past; he aspires to keep all focus on the future with his wife. This character trait, which Joe shows, can either portray his maturity of moving forward – or it portrays his immaturity trying to ignore the past. Joe and Missy may have an excellent marriage set on a solid foundation of love, caring, and understanding, yet this incident of infidelity threatened to destroy the relationship that they have built up. Going through this incident shows the realness of their relationship, and how both have grown from this hardship.

When conducting research, it is expected by the IRB that researchers, and subjects alike, should be out of harms way, a situation Hurston often finds herself in. While talking with Big Sweet and Lucy in Florida, Lucy points a knife at Hurston over jealousy of Big Sweet always playing Hurston “John Henry”. A fight breaks out and Hurston is threatened as she flees. Jim Presely says to her, “’Run you chile! Rune and ride! Dis is gointer be uh nasty ditch… Run clean of dis job! Some uh dese folks goin’ tuh judgment and some goin’ tuh jail.” (Hurston, 179). Hurston is

Introduction Their Eyes Were Watching God is a novel that deals with the task of self-fulfillment as a human being. The novel reveals the journey of the protagonist, Janie Mae Crawford, who seeks to be content with her life. Her past experiences demonstrate how she has always felt powerless and unsatisfied with her life. Janie always dreamed of being more- someone with a free soul. But her previous husbands dominated every aspect of her life.

The next scene of this story is the conversation the townspeople have. When they see Delia, they spark a conversation about how badly Sykes treats Delia (Hurston). A few of the townspeople comment angrily, “He useter be so skeered uh lookin’ huh...We oughter take Syke an’ dat stray ‘oman uh his’n down in

Language in Arthur Miller's The Crucible One aspect of 'The Crucible' that is really Important is the way that Arthur Miller writes, and the language that he has used. His style is rather simple, with simple sentence structure on the whole, and quite simple vocabulary, he wanted to keep everything simple in this way in 'The Crucible', to prevent focus being taken away from the plot and the problems that the characters were facing with each other. So Miller does keep it all simple, however at the same time Arthur Miller has managed to create his own dialogue. Being set in 1690's, it would be natural for the people of Salem to speak old English, but he knew that to write an effective play that