Rhapsody On Trees Logos Analysis

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Corrine’s logos of jealousy results in a human vs human conflict with Nettie. (DC IC CC IC) While in Africa, Corrine’s adopted children have been appearing more like Nettie with each passing day and Corrine is not oblivious of the resemblance between the group. (PH IC CC IC) Resulting from this, Corrine has begun suspecting that her husband, Samuel, and Nettie have had something behind her back, and these thoughts have begun eating her from the inside. (DC IC; CA IC parenthesis) Despite Nettie’s insistence on her chastity, Corrine, who has begun to despise Nettie, refuses to believe her; therefore, she continues to harbour an anger within her even when she becomes deathly ill. (IC; CA DC IC anadiplosis) Nettie then tells both Corrine and Samuel the truth of the parentage of their children; consequently, when Corrine hears this, this ridiculous truth, she is dumbstruck and refuses to believe what Nettie claims. …show more content…

You and Samuel been telling so many lies, who can believe anything you say.” (185) (IC; CA DC IC) Corrine’s logos is clearly defined by her action of “turning her face to the wall” because Corrine has come to accept her thoughts of Samuel and Nettie as fact and everything else as a lie that she is obligated to “turn” from; moreover, when she turns her face “to the wall,” Corrine affirms her jealousy by turning from her intimate attachments to something that can feel no such thing, the wall. Corrine has deindividuated herself as a coping mechanism for the logos of jealousy she has acquired, similar to Celie becoming a “tree” when beaten, a defense mechanism to avoid emotions from taking

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