Discuss the presentation of Albert in ‘The Color Purple’
Discuss the presentation of Albert in 'The Color Purple' In these letters, Mr._ is a harsh, cruel man. He is presented as being bitter and chauvinistic and like many of the men in this society, has no respect for women. Mr._ changes with the arrival of Shug, we see his redeeming features and the reminder of his former, more likeable character. Towards Celie, Mr._ is contemptuous, he marries her because he needs a replacement slave and he would get Celie's cow in dowry. Mr._ takes "whole spring from March to June, to make up his mind" about marrying Celie, this seems like an insult to Celie. There is a lack of dignity for her, as Celie's own marriage is out of her control. Celie found "it hard to think with gitting married to Mr._ hanging over my head". "Mr._ come finally one day looking all drug out" showing he is only marrying Celie as a last resort, all he wants is her cow "that cow still coming?" Celie has a dismal wedding day, Mr._ is detached and doesn't care when his children hurt her, he says "don't do that! -But that's all he say". Mr._ refuses to chat to his children "they try to get his tention, he hide hind a puff of smoke". Yet when Nettie comes he pays her compliments she does not want to hear "That's a real pretty dress you got on." Celie fears for Nettie; "it nearly kill me to think she might marry somebody like Mr._" this shows she cannot think of a worse
'The Color Purple' by Alice Walker shocks us with rape and violence.
The Color Purple 'The Color Purple' by Alice Walker shocks us with rape and violence. Since the novel was written there has been controversy about what Alice Walker has revealed to the public about the men of the black community. The critic Tony Brown wrote for the Carolina Peacemaker an article on his opinions toward 'The Color Purple'. As Tony Brown is black himself, we get a different angle on he way black men are. The first point that Brown makes about the black community is that 'rape and incest can't be generalised'. The opening of 'The Color Purple' is extremely dramatic, it explains how Celie is raped by her father but she is too naïve to figure out what is happening to her. Therefore she realises that the only person that she can confide in is God. She explains in her letters that 'he push his thing inside my pussy', she goes on to say that her father verifies that 'you better shut up and git used to it'. As the reader we feel sympathetic towards Celie as she is only fourteen of age and has little knowledge of what is happening around her. This is shown by the grammar used in her letters, 'I ain't gonna'. Celie uses a letter to communicate with the reader; this is a fist person narrative. The format and structure of the letter seems as though a salve has written it. As in the early 1920's slaves wrote letters of this type so that people in different generations
The portrayal of women in The Color Purple has been controversial. Explore the opinions of the two critics and explain your own views of the way Walker presents women in the color purple.
The portrayal of women in The Color Purple has been controversial. Explore the opinions of the two critics and explain your own views of the way Walker presents women in the color purple. The novel 'The Color Purple' has conveyed much controversy over the way women are presented. Some have argued that it is of the 'struggle of redemption and revenge' while others see the marriage of the novel as going beyond plot and character to protest against oppression. Women in the novel are victims of violence as men are the dominant ones over women in the southern American states. This leads to women bonding together by supporting, talking and protecting one another. Mel Watkins sees "The Color Purple" as "the friction between the black men and women" we can see from the start of the novel that men are the dominant in the relationship and society with women. Celie says that Pa "beat me today cause he say I winked at a boy in church." Women are presented as weaker and they have to totally obey the men, the men assert their power and gain total control. However in the Southern states of America black male were also dominated by a superior race, the whites. The male would feel the need to exert some kind of power on the weaker as they have no power in society, so black male tend to dominate women or children as they are weaker. Watkins goes on to explain that one of the
To What Extent Do You Find The Color Purple An Optimistic Novel
To What Extent Do You Find The Color Purple An Optimistic Novel The Colour Purple consists of a collection of letters written mainly by Celie, a poor, uneducated black girl, who lives through many misfortunes including rapes and beatings at the hands of men. She survives and grows up to be a mature and independent woman who is helped by her love of, and relationships with other women, especially the singer Shug Avery. Shug becomes her mentor and idol, "She bout ten thousand times prettier then me". Shug gives her hope and courage to stand up to Mr__, Albert, her husband, and this sets her free. Alice Walker deals with conditions of black people who live in America and she also shows the lives of black peoples in Africa who have different problems. The title of the novel "The Color Purple is very appropriate because purple is a positive and optimistic symbol. It is the colour that Royalty and the nobility wear. Roman emperors were dressed in purple. When Kate took Celie to buy clothes, Celie immediately wondered what colour Shug would wear. Her conclusion was that as Shug was "like a queen..." to her she would wear "something purple"- the royal colour. This colour represented dignity for Celie. Towards the end of the novel Celie had matured enough to assert her independence and leave the oppressive Mr__. At this point she was finally emancipated, however
'Impertinent voices: a Woman's struggle'
'Impertinent voices: a Woman's struggle' Journeys: consider the journeys embarked upon by any of the characters in each novel; these should include both real and metaphorical journeys. Trace the importance of them within the thematic considerations of the novels. Jeanette's journeys - Jeanette's recognition and acceptance of herself is her most profound change. At the beginning of the book, she completely mimicked her mother's interpretation of the world. As Jeanette grows to understand the world herself, she forms her own opinions. - Initially these differing opinions pertain to small issues. As she comes to terms with her same sex love however, Jeanette is forced to question the church's entire explanation of God's rules. Jeanette loves God and she loves women and she sees no contradiction in this fact. - The refusal of the church to see her point of view ultimately leads her to leave the church. On the surface, it seems that Jeanette has grown less religious but this assumption is not necessarily correct. Jeanette instead has learned to differentiate between her own sincere beliefs and, what she sees as, the misguided beliefs of others in the church. Jeanette feels the need to remain true to her self and in this way she manages to follow her ideal of God. - Jeanette also changes during the novel in that she grows much more imaginative. The unrelated narratives
One of Alice Walkers themes as a feminist writer is the support women give each other - Making reference to Nettie's letter on pages 141-142 from "friendship among women" to the end of the letter discuss how she conveys this theme in the color purple.
One of Alice Walkers themes as a feminist writer is the support women give each other. Making reference to Nettie's letter on pages 141-142 from "friendship among women" to the end of the letter discuss how she conveys this theme in the color purple. Alice Walker is a feminist writer who grew up in the state of Georgia, America. In the year that this novel was written things were a lot different to how they are these days. Despite the civil war between the North and South divide of America, slavery was still an every day occurrence in parts of South America particularly Georgia, which was still very pro-slavery. She applies a feminist approach to literature although she does not like to be called a feminist write as she prefers to be called a womanist, which she defines as being a black feminist. Walker's a feminist as the whole of the novel portrays her influence on giving women equal rights to the rights of men. Throughout the novel Walker highlights the realities that black women had to suffer and tries to convey that women do not like to be taken advantage of and need to fight for themselves and their rights for equality in gender and in race. Alice Walker is an African American, a feminist, a civil rights activist, a religious believer and a poet, who expresses her thoughts and opinions on the oppressing black women by white people and white and black men. Some of
Consider the opening scenes to Steven Spielberg's "The Color Purple."
Alex Willson 4* Consider the opening scenes to Steven Spielberg's "The Color Purple." Analyse the visual and sound techniques he uses to portray the character of Celie. Evaluate the response they provide in you, the audience, and how they provoke in you, the audience, and how they contribute to the success of the opening scenes. Steven Spielberg's the "The Color Purple" is a film about a young girl called Celie who has to experience a lot of tough challenges in her life mentally and physically. The director Speilberg uses many sound and visual techniques to portray Celie's character and make a bond between the viewer and her. Throughout the film Spielberg uses the visual technique composition which has a big part to play showing the power at the time and to help influence your feelings towards Celie in. One example in a shot Celie and Nettie are together on one side of the screen then the father comes into the shot on the other side. In this scene composition is used to show that the sisters are "united" against their father. Spielberg uses composition so the viewer responds to it and takes sides with the sisters rather than the dad. Another use of composition is when in scene five Mister is on the horse and Celie is helping along the cow this reflects the power at the time. Showing how women are second to men which make you sympathise to her even more as women are
Analysing 'The Colour Purple' Film
Claire Fooks 10y English Assignment Analysing 'The Colour Purple' Film 'The Colour Purple' is a novel written by Alice Walker in 1982. It is the touching and inspirational story of Celie. The story is set at the start of the twentieth century and Celie is a young black girl living in the Deep South. Celie writes letters to God in which she tells about her life - her roles as daughter, wife, sister, and mother. Through the course of her story, Celie meets a series of other Black women who shape her life. Throughout the story Celie is the centre of this community of women, the one who knows how to survive. The highly praised Hollywood Director, Steven Spielberg modified the novel for film in the mid-1980s. When turning this novel into a film Spielberg may have anticipated some difficulties, such as condensing the story. The aim of the film was to portray the position and troubles of Afro-American women at the time. It shows that women were oppressed by their colour and gender. The harsh words said to Celie by Mister help depict the situation of most black women, 'you black, you poor, you ugly, you a woman - you nothing at all'. Like the novel, Spielberg's film does not dwell only on this depression and trouble, he also shows the strength and determination of the women. Despite all the scenes of racial cruelty, domestic violence and the shocking situations, the film shows the
GCSE DRAMA COURSEWORK
GCSE DRAMA COURSEWORK: The Colour Purple For our Drama coursework we used an extract from a book by Alice Walker, called the colour purple. The content of this extract was quite emotional as the character in the extract is describing her deepest and darkest feelings about her and her husband in the extract. The character in the extract is called Netti, she is a woman and she lives with her partner Harpo; in the extract she describes Harpo to be a brutal and violent man, who beats her often. To help us explore the character of Netti the whole class did an exercise called Role on the wall; this was basically outlining the characteristics of Netti that we knew from the text and writing them down on post its and sticking them on to a body outline of Netti, then we also put onto post-its questions that we would ask Netti if she existed, so we could find out more about her. We did this exercise to help us get to grips with the character of Netti and this allows us to be able to play her better, and allows us to know her character better. We also had a brainstorming session to help us connect emotional words to the character of Netti and we then created frozen images expressing these feelings that Netti would have felt, and we did this because this helped us to play the character better and allowed us to explore the mind of Netti. One of the things that allowed us to explore
"The Colour Purple" depicts many scenes of violence butit is a tender novel - Do you agree?
"The Colour Purple" depicts many scenes of violence but it is a tender novel. Do you agree? Throughout the first half of the novel there are many scenes of violence, with Celie being raped and beaten by her father and later by Mr. and his children. There is also the memory that her two children who are not only conceived through incest but are also killed by the man that Celie believes is her father. Although there is all this violence going on there is much love, friendship and tenderness. This can be seen with the interaction of Celie and Nettie. Celie promising to look after her sister "with god help" from the lusting eyes of the man they believe is their father. Nettie also tries to make Celie "smart" by teaching her what she should be learning at school however she has been taken out of school to look after the house and the children as her father believes she's too dumb. Celie married Mr. But the arrangement for this wedding is more like a cattle market than a marriage proposal with a free cow being the thing that clinches the deal for Mr. These early years of Celie's life, from the start of the novel where she is fourteen, to the point where Shug Avery comes to stay in Mr's. House are certainly not tender there is much more hatred and violence here. Celie is a quite person who doesn't let anything get to her she seems to plod through these years spent as a maid and