Really, Doesn't Crime Pay

How does the author use foreshadowing in Really, Doesn't Crime Pay?

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In Roselily, the story foreshadows two ways in which the bride, Roselily, will be oppressed by her new husband: the marriage itself, which leads her to think of chains, ropes, and religion; and in her role as a wife, where her groom has already made clear that he is going to remake her into the wife that he wants. In Really, Doesn't Crime Pay, Alice Walker continues to explore this theme of black men as the oppressors of black women. Not only does Myrna have to deal with racism she faces living in the South, she also has to deal with her husband's and lover's sexism. This story illustrates how Myrna is not allowed to write by her husband, Ruel, and has to continually write in secret and deny herself from developing her stories. In The Welcome Table, the old black woman experiences both racism and sexism when she is kicked out of the church, and in The Revenge of Hannah Kemhuff, Hannah's ordeal with racism results in the starvation of her children.

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