Their Eyes Were Watching God: Biblical Allusion

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Their Eyes Were Watching God: Biblical Allusions Biblical allusion is a use of language from the bible in every day language. They are so common because the Bible is widely read, so more people are likely to notice and recognize Biblical references. Zora Neale Hurston is using biblical allusions to construct intellectual and strong emotional relations that will evoke the ideas that people associate with African-American race. The author is trying to attain strong emotional contact with the readers by linking the reader to the biblical allusions. “’Ah’m de Apostle Paul tuh Gentiles” (Huston 100). Teacake and Janie are having a conflict; about Teacake claiming that he tells women things then shows them
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