What are the motifs in Wine in the Wilderness by Alice Childress?

African-American Womanhood is a recurring idea in the narrative. Another central theme of Wine in the Wilderness is African-American womanhood. Bill intends his series of three paintings to represent his "statement" on "black womanhood." Through his first painting, "Black girlhood," Bill expresses his view of African-American girls as innocent and pure. In the second painting, "Wine in the Wilderness," he depicts his idealized image of "perfect black womanhood," as a stylish, physically beautiful woman in Afro-centric clothing and accessories. This image betrays Bill's idealized vision of "black womanhood" as a sexual fantasy resembling an image in a fashion magazine, rather than a real woman engaging in the struggles and joys of everyday life.