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No Witchcraft For Sale – Gideon – Analysis

Posted on July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 by JL Admin

 At its heart, Lessing’s ‘‘No Witchcraft for Sale,’’ illustrates the rather incomplete nature of the subjugation (oppression) of one race by another. While the Farquars represent the stereotype of white colonial settlers, Gideon serves as the stereotype of the (seemingly) complacently compliant servant. It is clear that Gideon genuinely loves the infant son of his…

No Witchcraft For Sale – Setting

Posted on July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 by JL Admin

 Southern Rhodesia  Zimbabwe evolved from the Kingdom of Mapungubwe, a trade state that sold its goods to European and Portuguese explorers up to the twelfth century. The kingdom changed rulers and names several times over the next 600 years, but by the 1880s, the British entered the country via Cecil Rhodes’s British South Africa Company….

No Witchcraft For Sale – Literary Devices

Posted on July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 by JL Admin

 Third-Person Omniscient Narrator  ‘‘No Witchcraft for Sale’’ is told by an unnamed narrator from the third-person omniscient point of view. A third-person narrator is one that refers to events and characters objectively (as, for example, ‘‘she’’ or ‘‘they’’) and does not participate directly in the story. The narrator is an unidentified and all-knowing being, one…

No Witchcraft For Sale – Themes

Posted on July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 by JL Admin

 Racism  Because ‘‘No Witchcraft for Sale’’ is set in colonial Africa, racism is inherent in the basic social structure in which the story takes place. This is because the story accurately portrays a white upper class (which was historically British) ruling over a black (native) servant class. Although the Farquars are otherwise kind, loving, and…

No Witchcraft For Sale – Characters

Posted on July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 by JL Admin

 Mr. Farquar  Mr. Farquar is Teddy’s father and head of the Farquar household, but he is rarely a present figure in the narrative. He is referred to as an individual on only a handful of occasions and instead appears mainly as one portion of the Farquars. He and his wife are often described as a…

No Witchcraft For Sale – Summary

Posted on July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 by JL Admin

 After having been childless for some time, the Farquars finally have a son, Teddy. When he is born, all of their servants rejoice. They praise Mrs. Farquar and marvel over Teddy’s blond hair and blue eyes. When Teddy is old enough to have his first haircut, the Farquars’ cook, Gideon, is fascinated by Teddy’s golden…

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