토니 모리슨의 『자비』에서의 자연의 응답
The Response of Nature in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy
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Nature, the setting in A Mercy, is perceived differently by the characters from different races. According to the characters’ view of nature, they reap varied results in their lives. Jacob is the white European who tries to conquer nature. He was a satisfied farmer, but later, in his desire to become wealthy, engages in rum trading, a business that is related to slave trafficking. He boasts about his new mansion being built at the cost of 50 trees which in Lina’s belief is violence against nature. This insolent act committed by Jacob, however, ends miserably. He dies before his mansion’s completion and becomes a ghost that haunts his unfinished mansion which eventually deteriorates and returns to nature. Lina is the Native Indian woman who survived an infectious disease that swept her village and was sold to Jacob. Remembering her ancient traditional rites and concocting medicine derived from nature, she plays the role of mother, healer, and storyteller in Jacob’s house. Morrison commends Lina for her sincerity towards the unsettled world but suggests that Lina’s compliance with nature is her limitation. Due to Lina’s indifference to the changing world, she encounters void outcomes and loses her zest for life. Florens is a Black slave acquired by Jacob as a slaveholder’s debt payoff. The young Florens aspires for recognition in the new place and falls in love with the blacksmith. Her mistress sends her on an errand and Florens wanders off in the forest on her way to the blacksmith’s house. Through the potential healing power of nature, she builds up courage and discernment. This experience enables her to endure being treated like a witch by the village people as well as ending her romantic relationship with the blacksmith. Florens begins writing and records the unspoken stories like Morrison.
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Nature, the setting in A Mercy, is perceived differently by the characters from different races. According to the characters’ view of nature, they reap varied results in their lives. Jacob is the white European who tries to conquer nature. He was a satisfied farmer, but later, in his desire to become wealthy, engages in rum trading, a business that is related to slave trafficking. He boasts about his new mansion being built at the cost of 50 trees which in Lina’s belief is violence against nature. This insolent act committed by Jacob, however, ends miserably. He dies before his mansion’s completion and becomes a ghost that haunts his unfinished mansion which eventually deteriorates and returns to nature. Lina is the Native Indian woman who survived an infectious disease that swept her village and was sold to Jacob. Remembering her ancient traditional rites and concocting medicine derived from nature, she plays the role of mother, healer, and storyteller in Jacob’s house. Morrison commends Lina for her sincerity towards the unsettled world but suggests that Lina’s compliance with nature is her limitation. Due to Lina’s indifference to the changing world, she encounters void outcomes and loses her zest for life. Florens is a Black slave acquired by Jacob as a slaveholder’s debt payoff. The young Florens aspires for recognition in the new place and falls in love with the blacksmith. Her mistress sends her on an errand and Florens wanders off in the forest on her way to the blacksmith’s house. Through the potential healing power of nature, she builds up courage and discernment. This experience enables her to endure being treated like a witch by the village people as well as ending her romantic relationship with the blacksmith. Florens begins writing and records the unspoken stories like Morrison.
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