Color Struck: A Psychoanalytical Perspective In “ Color Struck ,” Zora Neale Hurston (2005) illustrates the tragedy of a couple in the 1900’s. John, a light brown-skinned man, and Emma, a black woman, attend a cake walk to represent their community and bring home the grand prize. Emma is so preoccupied with her misguided ideas of the prejudices of others that she inadvertently sabotages her relationship with John. Her paranoia and insecurity run so deep, that they remain with her for 20 years and ultimately ruin her opportunity for true love a second time. Exploring a work of literature from a p sychoanalytical perspective “aim to reveal the influence of the subconscious in the text’s plot, setting, conflict, symbols, point of view, language, and character development (South University Online, 2010, para. 1). From this perspective it is revealed that the prejudice that Emma accuses everyone e...
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