Sweat

The protagonist in "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston is Delia Jones, a hardworking and oppressed washerwoman. The antagonist is her abusive husband, Sykes Jones, who torments Delia and ultimately meets...

The characters in Sweat have very difficult problems. They have to deal with economic problems and discrimination, too. The economic problems come from the factory closing down, because the owner...

The actions and events that make up the story in Sweat relate to rising tensions in a factory work environment which ultimately lead to the grievous injury of one man and the imprisonment of others.

In the earlier period of the action covered in Lynn Nottage’s Sweat, dreams and aspirations form a significant component of the motivations of the characters; but eight years later, the audience or...

Lynn Nottage’s play Sweat makes statements about racism and racial tension in the United States as elements of employment practices, workplace relationships, friendship, and physical violence....