How Are Black Women Portrayed in the Novel?
away“.
Thirdly, the black women are portrayed as self-sufficient and able to do decisions without
men, especially Christophine. She is a wise and loyal figure. Christophine introduces Antoinette to
the black culture of the Caribbean and instills in her a sensitivity to nature and belief in the practices
of obeah. She is an outsider because she dresses and speaks differently from the Jamaican blacks.
She is a servant, but, unlike the other black servants who live at Coulibri, she remains loyal to the
Cosway women. She provides a contrast to Annette because she exercises complete independence
from men and distrusts their motives. Although she has three children by three different fathers,
Christophine remains unmarried, saying “I thank my God. I keep my money. I don´t give it to no
worthless man“.
Times and rules change and in consequence, women change too. This novel is the evidence
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