Tone Analysis of the selected passage from Their Eyes Were Watching God The somber and effusive tone of the selected passage from Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, is shown through its general diction and imagery. Hurston uses skillfully chosen words to enhance the imagery, and both devices contribute to the tone of this scene. The somber and the effusive tone can be seen in this passage, which also happens to be the climax of the novel in which Hurston gives the reader a dramatic image of Tea Cake’s death scene. Hurston’s choice of words and sentences will aid in creating the imagery. In the first paragraph, she describes how “Tea Cake crumpled at his bullet” and how Janie “pried” her husband’s teeth from her arm after “he crashed forward in he....

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