Color Purple And Beyonce: Thematic Analysis

In comparison between The Color Purple by Alice Walker and Lemonade by Beyonce that these two visuals presented itself in two different ways. Dealing with Lemonade this visual that Beyonce has displayed has been one like no others because not only is the album focusing on her personal life, it is also displaying certain aspects about everyone but more closely related to all versions of women, to show no one is different from one another other than the color of ones skin and religion. Lemonade displays themes that are unlikely for people to speak on and not only that but to have a story to go along with it, the themes that are most important include black identity as well as sisterhood. Furthermore not only are these themes important in Lemonade …show more content…
Now that we see the way Beyonce went about showing black identity was basically showing that women are sick of being oppressed and she wanted to do something about by using women from over generational periods to display this. But Alice Walker chooses to show black identity a different way in this book and she shows this by using characters like Celie who was a women that was more submissive to things and just letting things be, and then there was characters like Shug who was not a women to go with the flow and would do anything to benefit her as long as she was happy. The representation presented by these two characters show the development of black identity in two different ways, Celie represents a more weak minded women who accepts everything in life and goes along with it because thats what she suspects it to be since she was never …show more content…
I see him looking at my little sister. She scared. But I say I’ll take care of you. With God help” (Walker 3). This passage is showing that the relationship with celie and her sister started at a young age and is a relationship that is powerful enough to protect her. Sisterhood to Celie meant a lot and that knowing her sister was there but not in sight kept Celie going, which is great feeling to prosper from especially since Mr. did everything in his power to keep the two separated, but little did he know that love was a powerful weapon that always wins. In addition to sisterhood being important the relationship between Celie and Nettie was great, the books also touches on the letters Nettie has been writing to her over the years to see if her sister was ok, is great as well because though she knew what her sister was in she never gave up hope. It mentions in a letter from Nettie, “But if this do get through, one thing I want you to know, I love you, and I am not dead. And Olivia is fine and so is your son” (Walker 117). This moment is providing Celie with a since of clarity for once and that all her letters to God are finally coming true. Walker goes about presenting sisterhood to the audience in a different way from how Lemonade presents