My Peper 2023 Criterion Journal (original) (raw)

2023, The Criterion: An International Journal in English

An Intelligent hell would be better than a stupid Paradise- Victor Hugo In general, the word ‘Black’ brings negativity and dark image to the human mind. It is distinctly evident that the blacks are abused, ill-treated and exploited by the Whites because of their skin colour. However, demoralizing of the black women by the black men is considered as the darkest side of their lives. Although it is common to find the suffering Black women characters in all of her novels like, loveless Pecola Breedlove in The Bluest Eye (1970); Peace less Sula Peace in Sula (1973); pitiful Pilate Dead in Song of Solomon (1977) and Self-denying Sethe in Beloved (1987); Toni Morrison’s Paradise (1997) discloses the gender inequality under the male-controlled stringency in the black community. Notably, ‘Paradise’ is a place where everyone longs to be. Because it assures the sense of joy, comfort, contentment and security. In contrast, the novel Paradise elucidates the melancholic breathes of black women. Keywords: Patriarchal rigidity, Physical and Verbal abuse, Troubled Pasts and Violent-Deaths.