"Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston

In the short story "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston, the antagonist, Skyes, displayed a lot of selfish personality traits. I don't think I ever hated a character more than I did with him in any story. I don't know how their relationship, Skyes and Delia, was before the marriage because it seems to me that all the responsibilities fell on Delia. Furthermore, Skyes took advantage of her by, leisurely doing whatever he wanted, cheated on her, made fun of her, abused her, while Delia worked her ass off to provide for him. Complete disgust. You're not a man if you can't take care of yourself. The fact that he did have some sort of income to pay his mistress' rent made me loose hope in all mankind. How can someone be so selfish, watch a person do everything possible to help you and herself out, but you fail to reciprocate by any means when, in fact, you do have some capital to provide. That goes against the sanctity of marriage. Excuse my language, but the theme of this story, most certainly has to be, karma is a bitch! What kind of low life scum of the Earth tries to kill his wife, who's been nothing but a hard working provider for the house. Skyes got what was coming to him, poetic justice indeed