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    Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat" follows Delia Jones, a washerwoman who lives alone and works hard to support herself. Delia's lazy and abusive husband Sykes returns home after abandoning her for many years. Tensions rise between the couple until a violent confrontation occurs, leaving Delia badly injured but finally free from Sykes' control over her life.

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    Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat" follows Delia Jones, a washerwoman who lives alone and works hard to support herself. Delia's lazy and abusive husband Sykes returns home after abandoning her for many years. Tensions rise between the couple until a violent confrontation occurs, leaving Delia badly injured but finally free from Sykes' control over her life.

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    From Carol Oates, Joyce, Ed. The Oxford Book of American Short Stories. Oxford: Oxford

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    Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat" follows Delia Jones, a washerwoman who lives alone and works hard to support herself. Delia's lazy and abusive husband Sykes returns home after abandoning her for many years. Tensions rise between the couple until a violent confrontation occurs, leaving Delia badly injured but finally free from Sykes' control over her life.

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    “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston

    from Carol Oates, Joyce, Ed. The Oxford Book of American Short Stories. Oxford: Oxford
    University Press, 1992.

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