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Journal Article
Alice Walker's 'Roselily': Meditations on Culture, Politics, and Chains
2017
Overview
First of all, Roselily appears an almost forced, involuntary participant in her own wedding ceremony, while persons historically who found themselves in a call and response situation were usually receptive to that occurrence. The man who stands beside her is against this standing on the front porch of her house, being married to the sound of cars whizzing by on highway 61. While it might be an option for Roselily, it is one that she is not liable to take, for her desire to escape Panther Burn, Mississippi and her limited possibilities there leads her to ignore warning signs and acquiesce to self-erasure in exchange for economic security and rest from the sewing plant. Since epigraphs usually overlay, explain, connote, or connect thematically to whatever follows them, it is reasonable to conclude that Ahurole's situation is intended to shed light on the situations of the women in In Love and Trouble, including Roselily's.
