Monster Essays - Their Eyes Were Watching God: The Use of Clothing
Their Eyes Were Watching God: The Use of Clothing
In the novel Their Eyes were watching God Zora Neale Hurston portrays a woman
named Janie's search for love and freedom. Janie, throughout the novel, bounces
through three different marriages, with a brief stint at being a widow in
between. Throughout these episodes, Hurston uses Janie`s clothing as a visual
bookmark of where Janie is in her search for true love and how she is being
influenced by those around her.
Janie's first article of clothing is an apron that she wears while married to
Logan Killiks as a hard....
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