Leslie Marmon Silko's "Yellow Woman"

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This paper looks at the belief of many that folktales are a dead media and lessons taught through folktales have no relevance in our current society. This paper also investigates Leslie Marmon Silko's argument in "Yellow Woman," that it's just the opposite, that folktales can still be very much a part of our present and future.

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"Within Leslies Silkos' work the narrator seems confused about her role in the story. The narrator is split minded that she is possible the yellow woman from her grandfathers story and question the stories legitimacy. One way she finds herself connected to the past living story, yet realizes she is in the present and old folktales like yellow woman do not occur anymore.
Another point Silko brings out is the Yellow Woman is unnamed as is the current narrator, leaving the reader with an open opinion. (Explain more here).
Throughout "Yellow Woman," the narrator plays the role of the yellow woman despite her disbeliefs. So why does the narrator lead herself to robbery and intercourse? The narrator is pressured many ways into becoming the yellow woman one including her grandfather."

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