Here Comes the Sun: Deconstructed Student EssaysMain MenuAFR 283: Islands, Archipelagoes and Black Women's Literature“The islands provide me, from a technical point of view, a microcosm in which can be seen in sharp relief many of the basic problems and conflicts which beset oppressed peoples everywhere.” -Paule Marshall, “Shaping the World of My Art”Critical VocabularyLanding page for Critical Vocab TermsUnessaysThis is the launchpad for deconstructed essaysRandi Gill-Sadler4a914792fbfb2078ef84e08319c412098bd9b469
"the waves are majestic, rising like the concave belly of a woman with child"
12024-05-07T02:27:38+00:00Isa DeGuzman805a886c69a39304788a9525343ec216de489bd513plain2024-05-07T14:14:59+00:00Isa DeGuzman805a886c69a39304788a9525343ec216de489bd5It is significant that Heidi’s body is never found. Rather, she becomes one with the ocean. She takes on the “possessive force” and “majestic… concave belly” of the waves, countering the colonialist image of women as passive victims. Rather than accept the submissive role assigned to her by slave-owning white men, Heidi takes on the fluidity of the water, subverting the attempts to contain and control Caribbean women.
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1media/passage#1_thumb.jpeg2024-04-23T17:51:05+00:00Isa DeGuzman805a886c69a39304788a9525343ec216de489bd5Romanticism and Rape2media/passage#1.jpegplain2024-05-07T02:18:34+00:00Isa DeGuzman805a886c69a39304788a9525343ec216de489bd5