![]() ![]() Throughout most of the book, the people she is closest to and communicates with most often are in fact already dead. ![]() She can summon spirits of the deceased to talk with their living relatives. In the story, Tituba has access to supernatural powers. Her stubborn sense of justice never falters, and she despises subservient fawning – even as a means of survival.Īs compelling as I found Tituba as a character, I found this book to be troubling. ![]() Yet through it all, she continues to naively trust her fellow creatures and seeks to use all her powers to heal and care for them. Tituba’s life takes her from her island home to foggy New England and back again, through the love and desertion of several men, through the homes of a number of masters, within several religious contexts, and behind the walls of a prison. Conceived through rape and born on a plantation in Barbados, Tituba watches her mother be executed by hanging for attempting to fight off yet another rape. Tituba’s story is one of almost continual heartache and suffering, in which the gallows play a prominent role. Even after closing the pages of the book, her voice continues to ring and echo in my mind. The tale is told in first person, and Tituba’s voice is one that is hard to forget. In this book, Maryse Condé adds flesh to this mysterious woman, forming a dynamic and intriguing character. ![]() Only fragments are known about the real woman known as Tituba, a black enslaved woman who was put on trial for sorcery during the Salem Witch Trials. ![]()
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