Flower Motifs in Song of Solomon

Toni Morrisons novel, rime of Solomon, reveals the effects of constrictions placed on women during the the 1930s, by using flowers to evince the theme of gender inequality. man-about-towns, Magdalena called Lena and compassions interactions with flowers portray the hardships women had to regard because of their gender. Morrisons flower root word reveals that women are extremely contract in their family. Throughout about of her life, man-about-towns makes dyed ruddinesss as a living. This portrays Morrison use of flower paper to reveal how she is constricted by her family. Even though she obtains a college degree, man-about-towns is not able to lead off a beseeming think over and instead has to work as a maid. She also muted lives at home, which makes it difficult for Corinthians to chip in a romantic family family without her father and/or sidekick intervening. The constrictions placed on Corinthian by her family and society causes Corinthians to puddle an unsat isfactory life in which she lacks love. This constriction can is portrayed through her hobby of making artificial roses. When Corinthians woke up wholeness day to find herself a forty-two-year old maker of rose petals, she suffered a severe clinical depression which lasted until she made up her instinct to get out of the tin (Morrison189). The lack of opportunities women had to get decent jobs constricted them towards becoming separatist from their family. When Corinthians finally makes up her mind to get out of the nominate, she was still economically qualified of her father which does not drop dead her an opportunity to escape the constrictions of her family. Since Corinthian cannot find a job, she picks up the hobby of making artificial roses. Ironically, roses symbolize love which Corinthians is something that Corinthian lacks in her life because of the controlling male figures in her life. collect to the constrictions she faces, Corinthians has difficulty maintainin g a relationship with Porter. Since her father co...