The remembrance of the Middle Passage, with its beastly horror, is an ever present element in the writings of most Caribbean writers. The interpretation and the memory of this journey took on different nuances, but in the works of Caribbean women writers they seem almost inextricably linked to the figure of the siren and the use of the calabash as a receptacle of memory.
Two Kingston born writers, Lorna Goodison and Jacqueline Bishop, best represent the depiction of the siren as embodiment of the same duality Caribbean people experienced.
