Unnamed Negro Field Hand

Submitted by jburgers@gc.cuny.edu on Sat, 2016-07-23 22:52
Text: 
The Hamlet
Character Key: 
Unnamed Negro Field Hand
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Unnamed Negro Field Hand
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Unnamed Negro Field Hand
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Female
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Farming
Specific Job: 
Field Hand
First Mentioned: 
Varner's Store in The Hamlet (Location)
Biography: 

Ratliff's revulsion at the idea of Eula Varner being married to Flem Snopes leads him to imagine what Flem's idea of sex is; the result is a disturbing image that probably tells us more about Ratliff than about Flem or anyone else: sex as a kind of business transaction with a "black brute from the field with the field sweat still drying on her" (181) who wants "a nickel's worth of lard" from the store (180).

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Created by a Character in Text
Individual or Group: 
Individual
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