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What She Got to Sing about
Strengths and Weaknesses in: “What She Got to Sing About”
Walton’s article deals with the concept that The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a “high comedy” (62). A bleak story that deals with rape, incest and social prejudice becomes a story of “joyous and celebratory” (59). Hard to believe, but through Walkers evidence provided in this article, it proves to be relevant..
Walker mentions that a high comedy “seeks to improve society by eliminating the limitations prescribed by the societal norms” (73) This quality of a comic regime is present in the novel. The beginning of novel presents Celie an...
Strengths and Weaknesses in: “What She Got to Sing About”
Walton’s article deals with the concept that The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a “high comedy” (62). A bleak story that deals with rape, incest and social prejudice becomes a story of “joyous and celebratory” (59). Hard to believe, but through Walkers evidence provided in this article, it proves to be relevant..
Walker mentions that a high comedy “seeks to improve society by eliminating the limitations prescribed by the societal norms” (73) This quality of a comic regime is present in the novel. The beginning of novel presents Celie an...
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