By showing Janie that power and ambition aren’t the key to happiness

By helping Janie find her true love immediately

By always supporting Janie’s decisions

By encouraging Janie to stay in Eatonville

Nanny represents traditional values, while Janie represents female independence.

Nanny represents compliance and security, while Janie represents independence and self-discovery.

They both symbolize strength and resilience in turbulent times.

Nanny and Janie both seek adventure and risk.

Allusion

Metaphor

Symbolism

Point of View

representing Janie's search to carve her own path.

symbolizing the hardships faced by Nanny.

highlighting the limitations she must cross not just as a woman, but also as an African-American

(intersectionality)

being showing how she stands there at the end of the chapter.

She compares them to mules.

She compares them to queens.

She compares them to birds.

She compares them to flowers.

Simile: to compare society's view on African-American women as mere possessions

Hyperbole: to intensify the hardship that African-American women experience

Metaphor: to illustrate the double burden that African-American women face (oppression caused by gender AND race)

Symbolism: to represent their hard working nature

The conflict begins when Jody is embarrassed by Janie's defense of the mule, and how the townspeople are impressed.

Jody forbids Janie from participating in any social gathering such as giving a speech after winning or joining the conversations on the store's porch.

Jody slapped Janie after one terrible dinner even though she is a good cook.

All of the Above

This depicts Janie's budding independence as she begins to find her voice after years of being silenced.

Hurston hints at Janie slowly asserting her identity and place in society.

Through Janie's speech and reaction, Hurston stresses Janie's change from being subservient to assertive.

Wait, aren't these all the same?

Hurston characterizes Jody as an insecure and jealous husband who feels threatened when others see or comment on Janie's intelligence and beauty. This uncovers the misogynistic attitude that wives do not hold the same power and control as their husbands.

Hurston characterizes Jody as a jealous husband who feels threatened when others see or comment on Janie's intelligence and beauty. This is simply due to his undying love for Janie that he cannot share her with others.

Hurston portrays Jody as a man who needs to have and maintain his power.

Hurston frames Jody as being heavily influenced by the other men's belief on how wives should be treated.

It creates a sense of authenticity by recounting a true story from a first-hand perspective.

It transforms figures of objectification into an active resister, challenging the typical victim narrative.

It provides a humorous, ironic commentary on the unrealistic expectations placed upon women.

It serves a creative exploration of retelling myths or stories.

It suggests how unpredictable and chaotic life has become since Mr Midas was granted his wish.

It suggests how their life has become intolerable and suffocating since Mr Midas was granted his wish.

It suggests how awkward the situation is between the couple.

It is the style of a dramatic monologue.

It epitomizes the patriarchal past as having control over a woman's present life.

It suggests how he has been away and has now returned.

It portrays her horror for seeing the resurrected husband.

It illustrates how Duffy alludes to Lazarus' resurrection from the Bible.

She uses a glass of wine, which turns to gold, symbolizing the loss of shared pleasure and intimacy.

She turns the house into a fortress the she "sold the contents of the house", symbolizing her complete and triumphant victory over him.

She moves him to a separate bedroom, "spare room into the tomb of Tutankhamun", and this action encapsulates her need to be protected for self-preservation.

She moves away from their home, "we'd a caravan in the wilds", to begin a new life for herself.

Her tone is angry and bitter, which implies that the damage caused by the husband left long-lasting emotional damage.

Her tone is calm and peaceful, which suggests how the speaker has healed from the trauma.

The tone is cold and distant, which highlights the speaker’s victory in finally banishing her husband to reclaim her independence.

The tone is one of lonely resignation and wistful longing, which highlights the emotional cost of Midas's greed and the wife's isolation.

She is meant to be punished but is treated like a queen by the other souls.

She is trapped in world of the dead yet finds more freedom and community there than she had in life.

She longs for the music of Orpheus but is grateful to be free of his selfishness.

She is enjoyed it at first but joins Orpheus back to Earth.

To portray Eurydice's unlikeable character, justifying Orpheus's decision to look back.

To demystify Orpheus' legendary status by exposing his artistic ego and the superficiality of his love.

To capture Eurydice's change ever since going to the underworld as it has made her cruel and cynical.

To make her sound interesting and intriguing for readers that can make them read more.

Both use the first person perspective even though Hurston infuses the omniscient narrator to validate Janie's innermost feelings.

Hurston only has Janie speaking while Duffy has many speakers.

Both primarily use a third-person omniscient narrator to ensure a reliable account of the female protagonist's journey.

They both have female speakers as means to criticize the political position of women.

In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Pheoby Watson symbolizes the judgmental community that Janie must ultimately reject to find her independence.

In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie Crawford symbolizes the black female identity afflicted by the intersectionality of discrimination.

In The World's Wife, Pygmalion's Bride represents total objectification while Eurydice represents the moment of realization.

In The World's Wife, Mrs. Lazarus and Mrs. Midas, like Janie, symbolize the marital dilemma to be the devoted wife in spite of the restriction it poses on their individuality.

Their works only focus on gender.

Systems of power (political, social, economic) are interconnected and work together; some groups are given privilege while others are marginalized.

Social Marginalization: hierarchy in Eatonville represented by Joe Starks and his position, Janie's light skin makes her a target of others and the celebrated and famous male figures alluded to in The World's Wife versus the silenced, unknown wives

Political: Power and Authority are monopolized by male characters: Joe Starks, Pygmalion, and Orpheus.

Both texts use the power of the narrative to allow their female protagonists/characters to express themselves.

Both works serve as a social commentary on gender politics.

Both authors delve into the transformation of their characters in order to find their place in society.

Both literary works, in spite of their form, underscore the isolation experienced by women.

Both are written by female writers that challenges the male gaze because of their lived contextual understanding.