![]() 21st century women can find a connection with Helga’s story. I believe Helga Crane is such a relatable and fascinating character. Unfortunately, in the end, Helga resolves her life to be an utter disappointment and only can spend the rest of her days reflecting on what she has lost. So she lives a life of idleness, moves from job to job, in the hope that she will settle in a life of happiness and completeness. So she is constantly searching for her place, an identity where she can be comfortable in. Helga is stuck in both worlds and she doesn’t feel that she belongs in either one of them. She is what is called the “tragic mulatto”. It was worse for Helga Crane, the main protagonist. Just like her other works, Quicksand portrays the hardship of not only a African-American during the 1920s, but the obstacles women in general had to overcome during this time. If her other story Passing didn’t grab you, high chances Quicksand will be more your cup of tea. Moving to Harlem and eventually to Denmark, she attempts to carve out a comfortable life and place for herself, but ends up back where she started, choosing emotional freedom that quickly translates into a narrow existence.Īnother great read by Nella Larsen. As a young woman, Helga teaches at an all-black school in the South, but even here she feels different. ![]() ![]() Born to a white mother and an absent black father, and despised for her dark skin, Helga Crane has long had to fend for herself. ![]()
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