... illustrates how important the role of a mother is and can be. Nel Wright's mother Helene is trying to protect Nel but the ways in which she goes about it is not so encouraging which then hinders the development of Nel's self-worth. Being a mother was all the Helene has ever wished for, the ... Sula does not know how to act in certain situations especially stressful ones but for Nel it is in her character to stay calm and deal with whatever situation she is faced with. Nel, more rational than Sula because Nel's mother has established the need for order and calmness within her but Sula has...

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For some time now, feminists have examined literary works in terms of the absent/objectified presence of the Other, in whatever form Other might be recognized (for example, anyone not white, male, or educationally and economically privileged). We have also critiqued culture and history in these terms, articulating at least some ... Constitution to the daily practices of its citizens--is a response to the absent/objectified presence of the black Other or, in her words, "to a dark, abiding, signing Africanist presence" (5). She goes on to say: Just as the formation of the nation necessitated c...

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