Alice Walker's The Color Purple

All Nettie's experiences as a missionary in West Africa take up a large part of the novel. Initially she is excited at the prospect of r...

She is a blues singer - very successful and wealthy. Unlike other black women, she is well travelled and quite sophisticated. The dominant i...

A sense of racial tension runs throughout the novel alongside the feminist issues dealt with. Celie is the daughter of a successful Negro st...

"Wherever there's a man, there's trouble!" It is hardly surprising that most of the male characters in this novel are pres...

The church is an important part of the social life of the community in which Celie lives. At the beginning of the novel she is a staunch mem...

Male dominance is the norm in both countries. As Albert says "Men s'pose to wear the pants". It takes various forms, not least...

A dictionary defines purple as “any of a group of colors with a hue between that of violet and red” and as a “symbol of royalty or high offi...