Hi, I need help with essay on The Presentation Of Female Power In Literature. Paper must be at least 1250 words. Please, no plagiarized work!Alphonso's character unfolds itself as a figure of male dom

Hi, I need help with essay on The Presentation Of Female Power In Literature. Paper must be at least 1250 words. Please, no plagiarized work!

Alphonso's character unfolds itself as a figure of male dominance, always beating up and having incest with Celie. Celie is the symbol of the suppressed black women community. who doesn't dare to express herself. She prefers to remain voiceless and unseen to keep herself safe.

The novel unfolds itself as letters written by Celie to God. She considers God as her sole listener and caretaker. She has a younger sister Nettie, who is pretty and intelligent. Nettie and Celie chances upon information about a Mr.___, who wants to marry Nettie. But Alphonso turns down the offer and instead gives Celie's hand in marriage. Celie enters an unhappy married life. Mr.__ abuses her and she is treated as a mere object, without any emotions of her own. Her life remains unchanged till the entrance of Shug Avery, a blues singer. Shug Avery was Mr.__'s former lover. She is a woman of strong character, with a sharp tongue and fashionable ways. Celie is fascinated by Shug Avery's photograph. The two become close when

Mr.__, brings her home owing to her illness. Though at first, Shug Avery dismisses Celie by calling her ugly, gradually an intimacy develops between the two women. Sofia, who is Mr.__'s son, Harpo's wife, is another character who represents the power of assertion. Both Shug Avery and Sofia helps Celie discover herself. "Walker emphasizes throughout the novel that the ability to express one's thoughts and feelings is crucial to developing a sense of self."( Moore, Brenna and Ward, Selena, Spark Note on The Color Purple, par.1)

Shug helps Celie to create her own narrative through which she can reinterpret herself in a new way, which contradicts the old picture of her. Although Celie lets her whole story out to Shug, it is not until Shug and Celie discovers long lost Nettie's letters from Mr.__'s trunk, that her narration gains its power with more knowledge of herself. Celie, recharged with this new power, curses Mr.__, for all the sufferings meted out to her by him. Attaining selfhood, strong female relationships, opposing suppression etc. are some of the themes of this novel.

In this novel female relationships are presented in flying colours. The roles vary from mother, sexual partner, guide, sister, friend, the relationship between a teacher and a student etc. Here Sofia attributes her capacity to fight back, to the relationships which she maintained with her sisters. In Africa, the Olinka tribe practiced polygamy owing to the strong relationship between women. Celie is sexually fascinated with Shug Avery that both share the same bed. Shug calls Celie a virgin, because according to Shug, a woman loses her virginity, when she experiences orgasm. Shug helps Celie in attaining a sense of self. Celie considers Shug as her role model. Shug helps Celie