Alice Liddell

In the 19th century, Alice Walker wrote about a young girl who was discovering her true strength and pushing through all of the obstacles presented to her. The novel describes Celie’s life and all of the dominant people she is introduced to. Celie represents the idea that no matter where someone is from, they can amount to anything they truly want. The Color Purple introduces the disruption of gender roles throughout the novel, and how they affect Celie’s growth as a person. During the 19th

The Color Purple by Alice Walker is about the abuse of a young girl named Celie and how she uses her life experiences to gain her independence as a woman. Celie begins writing letters to God at the age of fourteen because her father, Alphonso, repeatedly assaults her both physically and sexually. This results in the birth of two children between them that Alphonso has been rumored to kidnap and murder. After the death of their mother, Nettie, Celie’s younger sister, is pursued by a man they refer

uses strong literary devices to provide insight into the terrible hardships that women experienced years ago and are still experiencing to this day. In The Color Purple, Alice Walker utilizes reoccurring symbols, violent imagery, and a somber mood to expose gender inequality in Post-Civil War America. In The Color Purple, Alice Walker uses reoccurring symbols to expose gender inequality in post civil war America. Celie is violently raped and abused by her husband and her father. In an attempt to

Multiple characters in Walker’s The Color Purple undergo transformations and awakenings throughout the course of the story. Most prominently, Celie, the protagonist and narrator of the story, experiences many changes to her character as a result of her relationship with Shug Avery. Shug’s love empowers Celie to develop into a strong, independent, and spirited woman by helping her discover a sense of self worth. In the beginning of The Color Purple, Celie’s inability to combat the abuse from her

In the heart-breaking novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker, we read about the protagonist and narrator, Celie who is a victim of rape and abuse. She is caught in this vicious patriarchal society where women have no voice. In this novel we see many similarities to Ovid’s archetypal rape narrative. I will discuss the similarities in full detail and explain how the men in the female protagonists’ lives hurt and betrayed them. I will be looking at the book The Color Purple as well as Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Still Alice is a film about Alice Howland who is a professor at Columbia University majoring in linguistics. The plot begins to climax when Alice firstly forgets a word during a lecture and during a jog she does everyday, she became lost. Alice visits her doctor and is diagnosed with early onset Familial Alzheimer’s Disease. The director ………. has used Sounds, Costumes and Cinematography in the film to develop the character of Alice Howland and encourage audiences to connect with her. Non-diegetic

Celie is abused and raped by her Pa, who takes away her children after they’re born. Eventually, Pa marries Celie off to a man who is just as abusive as Pa. Celie’s new husband, Mr.__, simply marries Celie to take care of his four children, look after of his house, and work in his fields. Celie is somewhat happy to marry Mr.__ because she can now remove her younger sister, Nettie, from Pa’s household. However, after Nettie lives in Mr.__’s household for a time without encouraging his sexual advances

As Alice walks through the enchanted forest full of bright color and fantastical creatures, she pales in comparison to the rest of Wonderland. She seems much more human than the world surrounding her. She is an outcast when seen juxtaposed to the chaotic and irrational world around her, much like Tim Burton when seen next to other more “sane” people. Placing characters in worlds that do not suit them, and that are generally wrong for the character, or so it seems, is a trope that Burton uses many

Finding Oneself When I picked up The Color Purple, I didn’t think I’d immediately learn that Celie, as a fourteen year old, was raped routinely by who she thought was her father, had had two children who were taken from her overnight, and was made to believe that they were killed in the woods. These horrifying facts were declared in the first two pages and instantly incited my anger towards her father, Alphonso, and sympathy towards Celie. Her sexual assault was described so vividly that I felt

In Frank Beddor’s The Looking Glass Wars, Beddor uses the story of Alice in Wonderland as inspiration for his divergent yet ideal tale of Princess Alyss and her thrill-packed adventure to her place as the queen of Wonderland. The plot of his book is that Wonderland is celebrating Princess Alyss’s seventh birthday when the celebration is unexpectedly interrupted by her aunt Redd, who planned to overthrow her sister and kill her niece so she could take her “rightful” place on the throne. Alyss barely