Annotated Passage 2
"Tea Cake went out to the lemon tree (1) at the corner of the kitchen and picked some lemons and squeezed them (2) for her. So they had lemonade too.
'Moon's too pretty fuh anybody tuh be sleepin' it away,' Tea Cake said after they had washed up the plates and glasses. 'Less us go fishin' (3).'
'Unhhunh, fishin'. Ah know where the bream is beddin'. Seen 'em when Ah come round de lake (4) dis evenin'. Where's yo' fishin' poles? Less go set on de lake.'
It was so crazy digging worms (5) by lamp light and setting out for Lake Sabelia after midnight that she felt like a child breaking rules (6)." - (102).
(1) The lemon and lemon tree are Phallic symbols, which represent the male genitalia, the penis. It captures the sexual tension between Tea Cake and Janie.
(2) The squeezing of lemon captures the sexual tension between Janie and Tea Cake.
(3) The fish are a Phallic symbol.
(4) The lake is a Chalice symbol, representing a woman's vagina. The fish and the lake represent a sexual experience.
(5) Worms are a Phallic symbol. As Janie and Tea Cake dig for them, it shows equality between them. Janie is becoming masculine like Tea Cake, which is an example of Penis Envy, where Janie is breaking out of her feminine role.
(6) Janie's ID has taken over and she does whatever she wants now without caring about society's rules. It overall demonstrates the Libido that Janie and Tea Cake have for each other.
'Moon's too pretty fuh anybody tuh be sleepin' it away,' Tea Cake said after they had washed up the plates and glasses. 'Less us go fishin' (3).'
'Unhhunh, fishin'. Ah know where the bream is beddin'. Seen 'em when Ah come round de lake (4) dis evenin'. Where's yo' fishin' poles? Less go set on de lake.'
It was so crazy digging worms (5) by lamp light and setting out for Lake Sabelia after midnight that she felt like a child breaking rules (6)." - (102).
(1) The lemon and lemon tree are Phallic symbols, which represent the male genitalia, the penis. It captures the sexual tension between Tea Cake and Janie.
(2) The squeezing of lemon captures the sexual tension between Janie and Tea Cake.
(3) The fish are a Phallic symbol.
(4) The lake is a Chalice symbol, representing a woman's vagina. The fish and the lake represent a sexual experience.
(5) Worms are a Phallic symbol. As Janie and Tea Cake dig for them, it shows equality between them. Janie is becoming masculine like Tea Cake, which is an example of Penis Envy, where Janie is breaking out of her feminine role.
(6) Janie's ID has taken over and she does whatever she wants now without caring about society's rules. It overall demonstrates the Libido that Janie and Tea Cake have for each other.