Essay On The Color Purple

1. The Color Purple a 1985 film directed by Stephen Spielberg. The principle characters are Celie Harris a poor uneducated black woman, Nettie her younger sister, and her husband Albert Johnson.
2. The cause for the conflict is that majority of Celie’s life she was beaten by all of the men in her life beginning with her father who she found out was actually her stepfather. Leaving her pregnant with multiple children and then proceeding to take them away from her each time and selling them. This leads up to her father marrying her off to a man that beats her as well and when her sister came to live with her banishes her leaving Celie alone to take care of his four abandoned children for many years. It then becomes Celie’s responsibility to care for her new husband’s sick and mistress who she eventually falls in love with. All of these hardships resulted and were the cause of Celie’s low confidence. Her confidence being so low made her vulnerable to all of her trials in life and made it impossible for her to stand up for

The two main characters who have conflict between each other are Celie and her husband Albert Johnson. Celie was a poor African American in Georgia during the oppression of women. She fit the stereotype of woman that were to be treated like nothing because of their color and sex. Albert was a rich African American man w/ multiple women, a wife and a mistress. He was a widower and an abuser. He fit the stereotype of a man The way that Albert Johnson treats Celie is very abusive and belittling to Celie. She is victimized by her husband. In addition to the verbal, physical, and sexual abuse he keeps her away from then only person that she has ever had in her life, her sister Nettie. He first banned her from the house that they lived at together, and when she promised to send letters he kept the letters from Celie forcing her to now feel abandoned and lonely. All of this creates issues within Celie and gives her no voice for over half of the