![]() " - representing her guilt and what actually happened (first portion of poem she victimizes herself to justify what had happened -"Drew more strips from the meat case" privileged thing to do as she is able to easily get more food -Race took away the "motherly protection" she had for Emmett as a boy, rather as an evil villain Bronzeville mother loiters= forever stuck in mississippi, she may not be there physically, but she is mentally there -"And she their mother could not protect them" from the fine prince, carolyn is completely submissive to her husband. ![]() And eggs/milk are her surviving, nad her hiding the bacon is her repressing her guilt -"Hastened to hide it. ![]() ![]() "Bacon burned", "eggs and milk did well" - dark piece burned but white portions did fine Bacon burning is Emmett dying. Gwendolyn Brooks -Mississippi Mother: Carolyn Bryant -Dark villain: Emmett Till -Bronzeville mother: Emmett Till's mother -Fine prince: Carolyn's husband who murdered Emmett -Through the use of metaphors Brooks suggests that while aware of her role in murder, she dissociates herself by victimizing herself -Dissociate → creates a fantasy in which she is the maid mild who needs to be rescued from the "villian" -Fine prince = domestic abuse, seems arrogant, cocky, self absorbed, abusive in his relationships with his son (son is referred to as a "smiling criminal" ) -Diction of a fairy tale= magnificent, prince, maid, beautiful, beastiality, perfume, enclasped. Nella Larsen -realist style > telling through behaviour and actions, everyday activities and descriptions Ex: high and low scenes, character emotions fluctuating > why important? Shows interior of character when opposed exterior > identity, transparency (windows/mirrors) -irene represses, Clare curious -part ONE: envelope! masking (makeup), roof of Drayton, higher status "climb" (fam/background), Clare's aunts hid her identity (passing), Irene has internalized racism (finds whiteness beautiful, yet disapproves Clare's passing), high to low > "dropping" letter pieces "dropping" Clare, envelope = clare's identity, notice contradictions in descriptions, irene's memory conceals things like an envelope does, John Bellews racism/incident -part TWO: recounter Clare, clares 2nd letter, before party Irene thinks its not safe for Clare, Clare thinks Irene is safe n happy IRONIC bc Irene is captured by security, FIRE METAPHOR, Brian wants to go to brazil where racial identities are fluid, irene's killing brian's desire like her tearing of Clare's letter, clare says "to get things i want.id do anything, hurt anybody" (chp 4), irenes desire for Clare and passing, clare and brian getting closer -part THREE: realizes repression of brian and clare's affair, image of tea cup (breaking it as a way to get rid of it), brian sees irene as a pane of glass, not seeing her (lack intimacy), irene wants security (hurts but as long as things go on as b4 shes ok), unable to disregard burder of race, C seeks knowledge, B shares racism knowledge, bellew concious of Felise and Irene wants him to find out about Clare get rid of her, walking to 6th floor Irene sensed something between B&C, Irene throwing cigarette out window=letter=clare
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