Article Title
Document Type
Article
Abstract
What separates the experiences of a Hebrew slave-woman from a 20th century black woman? Except for time, apparently, not much. As one compares and contrasts the lives of Hagar, an Egyptian slave described in Phyllis Trible's Texts of Terror, and Celie, a southern black woman presented in Alice Walker's The Color Purple, one finds similarities even though these women lived in different cultures thousands of years apart. These similarities include the authors' use of language, and the oppression, bondage, and flight to freedom these women share.
Publication Date
1988
Journal Title
Draftings In
Volume
3
Issue
1
First Page
25
Last Page
29
Copyright
©1988 by the Board of Student Publications, University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Fortin, Pat
(1988)
"Celie and Hagar: Sisters in Time,"
Draftings In: Vol. 3:
No.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/draftings/vol3/iss1/7