Aleph
Volume 9, Numéro 2, Pages 55-71
2022-04-08
The Collective Unconscious And Rape Archetype In Toni Morrison's God Help The Child And Alice Walker's The Color Purple
Authors : Zenadji Lilia .
Abstract
This paper explains the concept of collective unconscious and discusses the rape archetypes as illustrated in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child and Alice Walker’s The Color Purple. Collective unconscious, also referred to as objective psyche is the idea that there are certain behaviors and characteristics among human beings that are inherited, and not necessarily acquired based on personal experiences. The discussion revolves around how some of the behaviors among the African Americans and their notions regarding themselves are natural rather than based on the history of discrimination. Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child reveals how African Americans are affected by inherent trauma. Alice Walker’s work further develops the thesis by explaining the construction of rape archetypes through the depiction of her female characters in relation Philomela’s myth.
Keywords
collective unconscious ; rape archetype ; philomela ; myth ; african american ; discrimination ; trauma
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