Question

So gradually, she pressed her teeth together and learned to hush. The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor. It was there to shake hands whenever company came to visit, but it never went back inside the bedroom again." This passage describes Janie's relationship with ____.

Answer 1

Answer:

The passage describes Janie’s relationship in a marriage with Joe (in the novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God”), and how their marriage was deteriorating from one that was once filled with romance in the bedroom to one that began to starve of romance. The events that take place make Janie to gradually become unhappy.

Answer 2

Answer:

Joe

Explanation:

Janie and Joe's relationship has been deteriorating for a while now. The lines continuing this passage says that the bed Joe and her shared was no longer a place to play in but rather to sleep when she was tired. Joe wanted Janie's submission as he was a man of power and very fond of materialism while Janie wanted freedom and to be her own powerful woman, which is why their marriage was falling under the rocks, as it clearly states, "the spirit of the marriage left the bedroom."