Female representation on the short story “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston
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https://doi.org/10.11606/va.v0i33.134819Keywords:
female representation, gender, Zora Neale Hurston, feminist criticism, female charactersAbstract
This essay aims to analyze the short story “Sweat” by the American writer Zora Neale Hurston. The analysis, oriented by the feminist criticism, will be based on the pioneering studies of Butler, Gilbert and Gubar and Scott. The short story portrays the trajectory of Delia, a poor black woman who maintains her house working hard and who is constantly assaulted physcally and psychologically by her husband and submitted
to the embarrassment of a treason, reflections of a failed marriage. The trajectory of
the female character is defined as a Calvary, and it is directly related with her social
condition, and, most importantly, by her gender.
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