Question

Which of the following best describes Delia’s feelings toward Bertha?

A) Delia believes she can win Bertha’s sympathy by pretending to be blind and deaf.

B) Delia has no desire to engage with Bertha and does not care to hear the village gossip.

C) Delia envies Bertha because Bertha does not need to work for her own living.

D) Delia knows that Sykes has been lying to Bertha about his wealth and therefore pities her.

Answer 1

B. Delia has no desire to engage with Bertha and does not care to hear the village gossip.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the story "sweat" by Michelle Villafor, The main character Delia Jones is a woman who holds her christian belief tight, she provides for herself and husband Sykes. Her husband treats her with so much hatred, he also has a mistress named Bertha, who he spends Delia's hard earned money on. Sykes does not contribute any money to the home neither does he give Delia peace of mind.

Bertha is Sykes mistress, whom He flaunts around town and in front of his wife Delia. He brought a snake to the house so as to frustrate Delia out of the house and bring in his mistress but Delia has no desire to engage with Bertha. Sykes the husband of Delia is very abusive to Delia. Delia finds solace in her Christian beliefs.