Song of Solomon post 2

The thing that strikes me the further I read into Song of Solomon is how interesting and nuanced the women in the book are. The last chapters we have read have focuses a lot on Ruth, Pilate, Coronthians, and Lena with a little bit on Reba and Hagar. And all of these characters are shown to have a large number of faults and positive characteristics. They are incredibly three dimensional, especially compared to the male characters; I don't find Macon or Milkman to be particularly compelling, and Guitar is interesting but I find the simplicity of his world view to be iritating. What makes it even more interesting is that, while the female characters are the most well developed, I get the feeling Milkman is meant to function as the protagonist. I theorize that Morrison is using his perspective as a critique of misogynistic suppression, and I wonder if he (Milkman) will get better as time goes on.