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The Color Purple

 
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First, it was a 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning fictio novel. In 1985, Steven Spielberg directed the film adaptation of the novel starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, and Oprah Winfrey, which earned eleven Oscar nominations. Now, Alic... More>
by Timmy Duncan
Purple is a deeply passionate color that has been associated with both royalty, nobility and those in search of spirituality. At one time, purple dye was made from a type of mollusc that only very wealthy people could afford and so it became the col... More>
by Raychel Carter
The Subtle Role of Colours: Playwright of the Unseen Colours are a powerful representation of views and emotions; they have the ability to effect feelings and emotions in every situation. In Alice Walker's The Color Purple, the protagonist, Celie, s... More>
by Yolonda
Alice Walker's The Color Purple is a revolutionary text because Walker, through Celie's struggles and the other characters' personal histories, allows a black woman to explore her sexual oppression and regain her complete identity. This novel, set i... More>
by Sapphire Mason-Brown
There has been great controversy about Alice Walker's portrayal of men in the modern classic, the Color Purple. The most obvious portrayal of men in The Color Purple is that of a negative male intent upon oppressing females. The men, especially the ... More>
by Paul Dice
The Color Purple was constructed in the epistolary form, which was more common in the 18th and 19th centuries particularly with the Gothic novelists, and Walker has been credited for the resurrection of this type of novel. In using this approach, Wa... More>
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