Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston takes a look into the secrecies and struggles of marriage, especially in the mids when marriage had somewhat different meaning than it does today.
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Transcendentalism in Literature Joe does come up behind Spunk and Lena with his razor, and Spunk shoots him dead. Another significant change is when Spunk becomes decidedly uneasy and jumpy in contrast to his original care-free nature.
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When Skyes is out with Bertha, he tells her that when he gets ride [rid] of Delia, that she can have anything in the house or in the whole town. Hurston intentionally gives up limited background information so she can fully demonstrate the conflict at hand.
