There is a great deal going on inside Hurston’s, “Sweat,” but the end of the story concludes with the death of – Sykes.

Using the excerpt below as well as any other parts of the story that support your opinion, answer the question; did Delia commit murder? Why or why not. Make sure you fully develop your opinion. Use the story-text to defend your answer either way.

This is worth 100 points – in the Response Journal category, so take your time.

This should be uploaded as a Word.doc. NO outside research – your opinion supported by the story.

You can use this link for guiding your discussion: Murder (Links to an external site.)https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/murder#:~:text=Background%3A%20Common%20Law%20Murder,human%20being%20with%20malice%20aforethought.&text=%22Intent%2Dto%2Dkill%20murder,cause%20them%20grievous%20bodily%20harm.

“…She lay there. “Delia. Delia!” She could hear Sykes calling in a most despairing tone as one who expected no answer. The sun crept on up, and he called. Delia could not move–her legs were gone flabby. She never moved, he called, and the sun kept rising. “Mah Gawd!” She heard him moan, “Mah Gawd fum Heben!” She heard him stumbling about and got up from her flower-bed. The sun was growing warm. As she approached the door she heard him call out hopefully, “Delia, is dat you Ah heah?”

She saw him on his hands and knees as soon as she reached the door. He crept an inch or two toward her–all that he was able, and she saw his horribly swollen neck and his one open eye shining with hope. A surge of pity too strong to support bore her away from that eye that must, could not, fail to see the tubs. He would see the lamp. Orlando with its doctors was too far. She could scarcely reach the Chinaberry tree, where she waited in the growing heat while inside she knew the cold river was creeping up and up to extinguish that eye which must know by now that she knew” (381).