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The reader is introduced to the protagonist, Delia, as she is sorting clothes on a spring night in Florida at her home. She is a washerwoman and has a habit of working late Sunday night to get a start on her week after she's gone to church. She is singing a low song in "a mournful key" and wondering where her husband, Sykes is since he has her horse and working equipment. As she ponders his whereabouts, she feels something like a snake fall around her shoulders and screams, only to look up and see her husband standing over her with the bullwhip he uses to ride the horses. This is quite a striking image and already, the reader should be aware that this image is not coincidental—her husband is an imposing and oppressive figure, indeed.
Delia is quite angry because her husband purposefully made it look like a snake and she scolds him. He does not seem concerned with her feelings and yells at her because she has white people's clothes in the house, something which he's told her he......

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