She is a blues singer - very successful and wealthy. Unlike other black women, she is well travelled and quite sophisticated. The dominant impression of her is that she has enormous vitality. She is not a pleasant person, having a very acerbic, tough exterior. She can be insensitive and cruel, even to people she loves. Celie's first impression of Shug when she nurses her serious illness is that Shug is "evil". Throughout her life she seems to have chosen her own path, sleeping with whoever she pleases and pleasing herself in her lifestyle. She has a number of illegitimate children from a long standing affair with Celie's husband, Albert and several passionate affairs with other men, some young enough to be her own son. She also has a serious love affair with Celie, although there is no indication that she has ever been lesbian before.
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