Consider the role(s) of betrayal and infidelity in the story.

In The Gilded Six-Bits by Zora Neale Hurston, betrayal and infidelity play a crucial role in the story. Joe and Missie May “had been married more than a year now” (Hurston 4). All of a sudden, Missie May betrays Joe and committed infidelity with a man named Slemmons. Missie May’s betrayal of Joe destroyed his dreams of having kids, a family, and happiness. This shows the role betrayal and infidelity play in The Gilded Six-Bits.