• ALISH GEORGE.A

Writers use literature to express their oppression and suppression in their life. The African writer Alice Walker is one such writer who expresses her emotions through the novel The Color Purple. This novel reflects the life of African American women, who struggle to achieve independent identities beyond racism and gender bias. This research paper tries to explore how women are suppressed and dominated by masculine gender and how women play the role of masculine gender. The researcher highlights the despotism on black women with the help of the female character Celie in the novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker.

Masculine, Feminine, Domination, African American.

"The Growth and Empowerment of Women in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.135-138, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAA06033.pdf

"The Growth and Empowerment of Women in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp135-138, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAA06033.pdf