Her bedroom representing her interior marriage, the parlor representing her exterior, inside closed doors she was never loved and was often beaten and insulted for her mistakes and age, this illustrates the reality of her marriage that was hidden from townspeople and even Janie herself. But beyond those doors their marriage appeared normal, people envied her love life, woman longing to be with Joe and numerous men yearning to be with Janie, call it perfect, “It was there to shake hands whenever company came to visit, but it never went back inside the bedroom again” (Hurston 71). Janie may have even thought it was going just fine, of course Joe, a citified, stylish dressed, dazzling man who spoke in rhymes seemed the perfect man, who would sweep Janie off her feet, but it was all just an act. Showing the reader how in this case Janie’s marriage appeared to be exquisite to many include Janie herself, but in reality was