Feminist Perspective in Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the M.A Degree in English literature

Abstract

Abstract

This research looks at modern American literature

through the work of Alice Walker's ‘‘

The Colour Purple

’’.

The

goal of the research

is an analytic reading of the novel. The

researcher looks at the work through its lines to see

how

feminism is the most frequent element that appeared in the

story,

considering Celie the protagonist as an example. By

analyzing her character we see that

When her step father

abused her, she used to be submissive, although the suffering

and pain she experienced was so great, she was tolerant with

herself and patient, and that was not in vain.

The researcher

learns that

hope is always playing a vital role in rescuing

people

,

s lives, changing them to the better; for we see how

Celie has already recovered from all her painful sadness,

obstacles and stand still, moreover she was inspiring other

people’s life and helping them. Although Celie experienced

many awful things in her early life, the hopeful woman

becomes the happiest one in the novel.

The novel takes place

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in two distinct settings —rural Georgia and a remote African

village— and proves that

whether the place changes or

remains, women suffer and are disrespected by men. The

research also proves that Gender inequality is what most afro-

american women suffer from, and that it is always leading to a

denial of the right of women. This research is rendered in a

primary source(the novel of the colour purple’’),

and focuses on

detailed description of the protagonist. in depth, with regards

black feminism.