About Tragic Mulatto

The tragic mulatto is one of stereotypical terms apply to describe someone with merge racial Identity (halfback and half white). It has been shown In American literature during the 19th and 20th centuries, from the 1 8405. Often In many literary works, these light skinned Individuals who are characterized as tragic mulatto are assumed to be remorseful and distressed. Due t o their such complexity, they fail to fit in the white world or the black world. As such. He tragic c mulatto is represent as the victim of the conjunction in society divided by race, where there is no place e for one who is neither all in all black nor white. The word mulatto is originated from the Portuguese and Spanish word mulatto, deer Veda from the word, mull (from Old Spanish, from Latin mlulls meaning mule, a crossbreeding o offspring off horse and a donkey. Many Europeans surmise the offspring between a White Euro paean and a minacious African would live very long. Thus the main reasoning stinkpo t the derivation oft his term is that al such offspring would be born sterile and incapable of reproducing themselves.In literature, mulattoes were often unaware of their black heritage. Upon discovering their African ancestry, tragedy comes because such characters find themselves barred fro m white society and, thus, the privileges available to whites. Distraught at their fate as people of color, tragic mulattoes In literature often turned to seclude. In other Instances, they kick the bucket for white, abandon cut off part of their black heritage. In Dalton, such characters were frequently portrayed as salacious or troubled because of their mixed blood.