Tar Baby | Characters
As implied in this discussion of social concerns and themes, Morrison's characters usually mark a fine line between the symbolic or allegorical representation of a concept and the psychological or a complex amalgamation of acknowledged and unacknowledged forces motivating them to act, almost as it were independent of their creator. For example, Valerian is simultaneously a stereotype of the insensitive imperialist and a complex individual with deep-seated and unresolved psychological dilemmas resulting in a pathological need to control others' lives. This list could be extended greatly,...
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