sykes behavior deserving of his karma

Sykes totally deserves being bitten by his snake. Sykes abuses Delia both physically and psychologically. He has given her many beatings and verbal insults over the years, but he escalates this abuse in "Sweat" by bringing to town his mistress Bertha and bringing an enormous, six-foot rattlesnake to his and Delia's house. He terrorizes Delia with the snake, so it is some sweet Karma when his snake bites him!