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=== ''Their Eyes Were Watching God'' contains the following tropes: === |
=== ''Their Eyes Were Watching God'' contains the following tropes: === |
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* [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male]]: Janie gets possessive of Tea Cake and actually hits him on numerous occasions. Of course, being her, it is absolutely justified. |
* [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male]]: Janie gets possessive of Tea Cake and actually hits him on numerous occasions. Of course, being her, it is absolutely justified. |
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** Also note that he sometimes hits her for similar reasons, and in both cases it's presented as romantic. It does, at least, |
** Also note that he sometimes hits her for similar reasons, and in both cases it's presented as romantic. It does, at least, emphasize that they are equals. |
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* [[But Not Too Black]]: Janie is notably light-skinned for a black woman. Self-hating dark-skinned black woman Mrs. Turner thinks the world of Janie entirely because of this, and even wants Janie to dump the dark-skinned Tea Cake for her own lighter-skinned son. |
* [[But Not Too Black]]: Janie is notably light-skinned for a black woman. Self-hating dark-skinned black woman Mrs. Turner thinks the world of Janie entirely because of this, and even wants Janie to dump the dark-skinned Tea Cake for her own lighter-skinned son. |
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* [[Christmas Cake]]: Janie, [[Unreliable Narrator|if you believe her.]] |
* [[Christmas Cake]]: Janie, [[Unreliable Narrator|if you believe her.]] |