Hagar In Song Of Solomon

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The similarity between Hagar in Song of Solomon and the bible highlight Morrison’s overall message that the African American community in the south is full of false hope as they have similar stories until you get to their final path. Hagar in the Bible shows how women were being used in the south for a man’s gain just as the Biblical Hagar who was a slave was used sexually but eventually rescued by God which does not happen in Solomon. Hagar was being used by Milkman as shown by the quote “he’d go see Hagar. No. He didn’t want to talk to Hagar, to any women, just yet” (Morrison 76). This shows that he did not want to talk to Hagar despite being in a relationship with her for many years. Other women even knew she was just being used as “only …show more content…
It is said that Hagar has died but we don't know what her final fate will be but it is surely not as good as biblical Hagar’s was. She could just never get away from Milkman as her love for him turned into a need “In fact her maturity and blood kinship converted her passion to fever, so it was more affliction than affection” (Morrison 217). She was so sure that he was meant for her that she did whatever it took to be with him despite him dating other women while in a relationship with her. Hagar in Solomon had been used by Milkman so much and never truly realised how much she was being abused until it overwhelmed her “He had hurt her, left her, and now she was dead—he was certain of it” (Morrison 332). This symbolises the lost hope of the African American community because instead of rising up and trying to get a better life where she wasn't being used she ended it all. We will never know where Solomon’s Hagar ends up in the afterlife and if she ever finds peace. Many people in the book have similar stories about how their potential was never fulfilled and they fell into the same traps as everyone else did as an African American in the