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During the Harlem Renaissance, many literary works concentrated on celebrating African American heritage. However, many other writers also began concentrating on the darker theme of naturalism. Nella Larsen’s Quicksand illustrates many elements of this movement. These include a biological determinism, where man is conceived of as cont ....
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.... had been for months fighting the devil and then unexpectedly had turned around and agreed to do his bidding” (5). Helga knows deep down that leaving Naxos is wrong, but the instinct to flee is so strong that she is powerless to deny it.
In New York, Helga is also consumed by the animal instinct of flight. When Dr. Anderson calls on her after a chance meeting at a nightclub, Helga “had no intention of running away, but something, some imp of contumacy, drove her from his presence, though she longed to stay” (51). Once again, Helga succumbs to her overwh ....
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