Thus, the author was able to express the ambiguity of the world and material and non-material things. Jude perceived it as deceit and seduction, that is, dual and opposite to Nel. Further, there was an ambivalent perception of the mole by different characters: Nel thought it was a rose, representing love, feminine beauty, and friendship. In turn, it is also the opposite feature of Nel’s character, which accepts all the norms. The change in the mole’s appearance symbolizes the heroine’s maturity and the gradual rejection of social conventions. However, no one realized that the heroine was the reason for their solidarity.ĭuality is also represented in the novel’s symbol, namely the mole above Sula’s eye. Just like all the citizens of the city, that would seem that they hate Sula. However, in a burst of sincere sadness at the end of the novel, Nel realizes that the melancholy is caused by the time spent without Sula. Namely, this event implies Nel’s duality of emotions, since all the time, the hero seemed to miss Jude, Nel’s husband. Thus, one may notice a strong Nel’s reaction: “It was a fine cry-loud and long-but it had no bottom, and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow” (Morrison, 79). One may notice the representation of the duality of the world, namely good and evil, and at the end of the novel, despite all the previous events, the sincere impulse of Sula’s friend formulates a culmination.
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