PERSPECTIVE 1 Color Struck Running Head: EMMA FROM A PSYCHOANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE 2 When considering a piece of literature from a psychoanalytical critical perspective‚ the concealed motives of a character are uncovered by analyzing their actions. The play‚ Color Struck‚ acts out a series of events from a train ride‚ to a cake walk contest‚ to a heartbreaking loss on both the physical and emotional levels. Through the psychoanalytical analysis of Emma‚ it is clear to
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tone and usually occurs within people of the same ethnicity and race. Color Struck is not only the title of one of Zora Neal Hurston’s popular works‚ it is a term used by African Americans who believe that lighter skin‚ or European features‚ are the essence of grace and beauty. Color Struck is a four scene play that brings the insecurities and fear surrounding being a darker skinned woman in this time period to the forefront. Hurston used the characters in her play to tastefully display that concept
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1 Color Struck Running Head: EMMA FROM A PSYCHOANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE 2 When considering a piece of literature from a psychoanalytical critical perspective‚ the concealed motives of a character are uncovered by analyzing their actions. The play‚ Color Struck‚ acts out a series of events from a train ride‚ to a cake walk contest‚ to a heartbreaking loss on both the physical and emotional levels. Through the psychoanalytical analysis of Emma‚ it is clear
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Literary Analysis Outline Title: Violence is Not the Remedy Introduction In Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple she uses violence to illustrate the main character Celie’s transition from being a weak character to a strong one. In the beginning of the novel Celie is abused physically and psychologically. Her father rapes and beats his children. Her father took her out of school at a very young age‚ due to pregnancy‚ which is why Celie has very poor english skills and is ignorant to the world
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“Drenched in Light” In the short story “Drenched in Light” by Zora Neale Hurston‚ the author appeals to a broad audience by disguising ethnology and an underlying theme of gender‚ race‚ and oppression with an ambiguous tale of a young black girl and the appreciation she receives from white people. Often writing to a double audience‚ Hurston had a keen ability to appeal to white and black readers in a clever way. “[Hurston] knew her white folks well and performed her minstrel shows tongue in cheek”
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her novel is not addressed to the Negro‚ but to a white audience whose chauvinistic tastes she knows how to satisfy.” Here‚ Wright accuses Hurston of her novel being too aggressive and outside of the norm‚ although her intention was informing the white population of the black community’s struggle in order to reach racial equality‚ similar to Janie. Both Hurston and Janie take an aggressive and unusual approach in expressing their feelings‚ furthering Janie in the process of self-actualization. By
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The Color Purple Literary Analysis “He laugh. Who you think you is? He say. You can’t curse nobody. Look at you. You black‚ you pore‚ you ugly‚ you a woman. Goddam‚ he say‚ you nothing at all.”(Walker 206). With these words‚ Celie in Alice Walker’s‚ The Color Purple is told by her husband how worthless she is to him. Alice Walker analyzes The Color Purple as a tool to educate today’s young women about gender inequality in the 1900’s. She portrays this message through the main character‚ Celie
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Hurston uses an abhorring tone when she describes Mrs. Turner’s hypocrisy. Mrs. Turner‚ despite being a black woman‚ believes that black people should not be subjected to the same level of respect as white people. Mrs. Turner believes that a person’s whiteness is equated with the amount of respect he or she deserves. Hurston uses phrases like “insensate cruelty”‚ as well as biblical imagery‚ to convey her tone. Hurston finds Mrs. Turner’s criteria for determining the worth of others to be illogical
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Literary Analysis Paper from a Psychoanalytical Perspective The major writing assignment for this week is to compose a paper of at least two pages in which you write interpretively from a psychoanalytical perspective about the assigned drama written on in W3: Assignment 2‚ not on The Awakening. You are to do this by applying a psychoanalytical critical perspective or lens to the story. Review the Week 3 PowerPoint located on page 1 of this week’s lecture‚ "Psychoanalytic Ways of Reading" to understand
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Hurston Lorde and hooks all believe in social and economical equality. They believe that everyone is or should be equal. People in today’s society fight many different battles of discrimination‚ due to markers of difference. These three intellectuals give advice on how to raise future generations to become egocentric. In order to do this parents must raise their children with high self esteem. As they grow they will begin to explore differences with confidence and use their past to educate themselves
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