RELIGION

RELIGION

THE COLOR PURPLE- Alice Walker
1. AO3
  1. Top Girls (Caryl Churchill)
    1. Females equate to weakness.
2. A04
  1. Racism
  2. Religious Negro Epistolic Churches
  3. Importance of tight-knit female friendships
  4. Women's double oppression (brutality due to race and gendr)
3. AO2
  1. Epistolary form 'Dear God'
  2. African-American venacular
  3. Euphemisms
  4. Curt observations
  5. Pantheism
4. A01
  1. Uses 'God' as an escape from her daily trials and tribulations
  2. Gender roles (females are seen as vulnerable and submissive)
  3. Male brutality
THE HANDMAID'S TALE- Margaret Atwood
1. A04
  1. Early puritan society
  2. Traditional gender roles
  3. Orthodox views 'Nick' and 'Offred' ('s) marriage was not recognised due to Nick being a 'marriedd divorcee'. The idea that you should only marry once.
2. A02
  1. Neoglisms
  2. Puns/inuendos 'you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs'
  3. Biblical references 'Jezabel's', 'Marthas'
3. AO1
  1. Females are inferior, males are superior
  2. Restriction of education for women- Language is power
  3. Females are only made to bear children
  4. Sexual objectifiction of women
  5. Importance of marriage
4. A03
  1. Top Girls (Caryl Churchill)
    1. In both texts the female gender is seen as incompetent and merely used to bear children.
A PIECE OF CAKE- Cupcake Brown
1. A02
  1. Blunt, matter of fact tone
  2. African-American venacular
  3. Explicit language
  4. Metaphors
  5. Repetition due to restricted vocabulary
  6. Biographical tone
2. A01
  1. Trials and tribulations that females can be subjected to i.e. rape
  2. Importance of education
  3. Family dysfunctions
  4. Reliance on God
3. A03
  1. The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
    1. Both protagonist of these texts experience similiar encounters, such as, childhood abuse and rape.
    2. Both writers carry a personal tone; both Walker's use of epistolary form and Brown's use of memoirs show that they are confiding in someone.
    3. Both female characters talk about their experiences as if they are numb; Cupcake does not value life or children with losing count of how many abortions she has had. 'I believed it to have been three or four'
4. A04
  1. Cupcake Brown
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN- James Baldwin
1. A03
  1. The Colour Purple (Alice Walker)
    1. Both protagonists are impacted by negative patriachal forces within their households, by the fathers (Alfonso) and (Gabriel)
2. A04
  1. Civil Rights Movement
  2. King James Bible
  3. Harlem 1930s
3. AO2
  1. Religious references 'The Prayers of The Saints' 'Gabriel'
  2. References to the Old and New Testament
  3. Juxtaposition
4. A01
  1. Paternal relationships
  2. Religious conflict within family
  3. Jealousy
  4. Racial conflicts

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