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The Four Birds Of Prey

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1. What do you think of the scene with the four birds of prey? I think that the scene with the four birds of prey is that I don’t understand why they wanted him to confess to something that he did, but the way the four birds went about it, I just don’t understand, The why the threat his life and etc., to get him to do what they said is, just don’t make no sense to me. 2. Describe her yearning for home, for Barbados, and give examples. She is now living in exile, a major theme in Caribbean women's writings. It is important that Tituba comes to identify with Barbados which is home. For example its people during her exile in Salem. Condé wanted to address the story at a point in her life when she wanted to address issues of birthplace and …show more content…

What kind of relationship does Tituba have with Azevedo, Christophe and Iphigene? Each relationship has a different story. Azevedo was no doubt kind but he to betrayed Tituba. By dressing Tituba in his late wife’s clothes he secretly tried to fit her into a mold that only his late wife could fill. Tituba’s willingness to let him see his wife he unknowingly refused her freedom. Christopher realized that Tituba could not make him immortal, he began to act as if Tituba were worthless. Tituba’s renewal of Iphigene’s life he too began to underestimate her all the while becoming her …show more content…

In what ways is Conde a feminist in this novel? Conde is also anachronistic. For example she uses the term feminism which was coined much later, and she refers to the "Holocaust" - the Jewish Holocaust during the Nazi era. Conde finds ways to infuse her novel with feminism. She still frequently resentful of her position in society as a woman. Her mother who’s forced carnal union with a white rapist resulted in the birth of mulatto Tituba, and mama yaya , the Barbadian woman who raised her after her mother’s hanging, impose a set of feminist values upon her when Tituba summons them from their spiritual unrest mama yaya in particular preaches to Tituba that men do not love. Tituba is no lady impresses by this woman who tells her that: “You’re too fond of love, Tituba! I’ll never make a feminist at of you! (101). Hester take control of her own life, having first imparted her feminist fire on to Tituba, who draws on her teachings for the duration of the

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