Signs in "A Brown Girl Dead"

One meaning that can be associated with the phrase “Dark Madonna” is the Christian’s Virgin Mary. The Virgin Mary, however, is represented as a white woman and the girl in “A Brown Girl Dead” is obviously not white nor a woman so looking at the sign literally is not looking at the full meaning of the sign. The Virgin Mary was a pure woman so putting the word “Dark” in front of a pure term might suggest that the “Madonna” is not pure, but is still a symbol of purity. The “Brown Girl” may not be pure, but she is perceived as being of an innocent age and she is dressed in white, which is associated with purity. If the sign is looked at culturally, the word “Madonna” does not have as much power as it once did. Christians, especially Roman Catholics, used to pray to the Virgin Mary as a way of talking to God, she was thought of more as a spirit than an actual entity that can be touched. When I think of the Virgin Mary now, I get the image of a statue of a whi...