YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Slavery in Beloved by Toni Morrison and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
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as the defining characteristic of an unmarried woman. In other words, according to the cultural definition of femininity a "good" ...
as her Gran, her brother and several aunt and uncles (Perez-Stable 24). When the Old Mistress in the house dies, Jacobs comes unde...
In three pages this essay considers the historical value of this text in terms of its firsthand descriptions of slave oppression. ...
In five pages this paper examines the attic or tiny crawl space in which the author was forced to hide for 7 years to escape abuse...
birth of her child, she describes his outburst in legal terminology: "Then he launched out upon his usual themes, - my crimes agai...
This was the condition of slavery for women. They were often seen as breeding machines that were good for little more than produci...
play in the narrative, it is helpful to have an understanding of the overall plot and its major components. Plot Synopsis Altho...
and be taken care of. She does not look off longingly to a freedom without such realities, but she looks to the power of mothering...
This research paper/essay pertains to the subject of sexual molestation and domestic violence in black literature. The writer disc...
In five pages this paper examines how multiculturalism is represented in such American literary works as The Souls of Black Folk b...
front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...
This 8 page paper considers Sethe's sense of what it means to be a mother in Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. The writer argues that...
"In moments of agony, I envied my fellow-slaves for their stupidity" (Douglass 279). These men were better equipped -- intellectu...
In six pages the concept of freedom through death as a release from life's hardships is examined through such works as William Fau...
This 16 page paper examines four books that are centered on American society. The books discussed are Joyce Maynard's To Die For; ...
We see that part of the past is dead, with the death of Baby Suggs who was a constant reminder of slavery and the hope inherently ...
This 5 page paper compares and contrasts Toni Morrison's book Jazz with Louis Armstrong's song Black and Blue....
In five pages the social commentary featured in Walter Moseley's White Butterfly and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye are contrasted...
This 5 page paper analyzes Toni Morrison's novel Sula. Primary source only....
This 4 page paper describes Toni Morrison's use of imagery and metaphor in her novel Tar Baby....
harrowing existence would lead a mother to that sort of desperate act. But still, no matter why she did it, and even if death is b...
that, in truth, Morrison never reveals the race of the two characters although most people will assume that one is black and the o...
girl before she is stopped. It is this sin -- the sin of Cain, to murder ones own flesh and blood -- that traps Sethe both in tim...
as, first of all knows her place, and, secondly was divinely inspired. In the antebellum era, it was illegal for slaves to be tau...
In one of the most significant slave narratives ever written, Jacobs -- born a slave to mulatto parents in 1813 North Carolina -- ...
In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares these literary works regarding the lasting impressions of the slave experience up...
This 6 page paper discusses the concept of the separation between the Self and Other, as realized by Toni Morrison in her novel Su...
In three pages this paper considers Beloved by Toni Morrison in an argument that the Beloved character represents Sethe's daughter...
segments correlates with the seasons. The section about "See Jane," is really about Pecola, as opposite a presentation from the w...
She has attempted to find a place in herself wherein she can survive and go on despite her actions. It is a very cloudy place that...