Shange used the colors to portray different emotions and characteristics of the women. The yellow one was cowardly and sickly, the blue one was sad, the orange one was kind of crazy, and the red one was passionate and angry.
She shows her anger by her passion.
" she was hot
a deliberate coquette
who never did without
what she wanted
& she wanted to be unforgettable
she wanted to be a memory
a wound to every man"
Then, once she had her way with them, she would have them leave and then cry herself to sleep. I am unclear as to whether this side of her came out after the abusive relationship she want through with beau willie or before. Somehow I think it was after.
i wondered that also. i really like to think that her passion was before but after him it just became this angry heated thing that drove her. it was interesting for me to read that she would act this way towards the men and play the part of the seducer then the leaver but it seemed that though she played it off that it didnt affect her emotionally you could tell it did. she would cry herself to sleep and i wonder if this is the reprecussions of what happened between her and beu willie.
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