![]() ![]() This affects vulnerable characters like Pecola to believe they must possess said traits to earn society’s respect. I will analyse Pecola’s search to possess clear blue eyes to show how society managed to place in high regards white traits, excluding the representation of other races. I will also be focusing on Morrison’s main symbol which is included in her novel’s title, The bluest eye. This will also be studied through Pecola’s love for yellow dandelions, indicating her idolization for white blonde girls, portraying how symbolically blind she is by the external standards of beauty. I also analysed the use of marigolds unable to bloom, to show the suppression of a particular sector of society considered to be inferior, due to their skin colour which contradicts the already established beauty image of whiteness and purity. This is portrayed by symbols like the Shirley Temple doll or cup, given to one of the characters, showing the invasion of mass media in social perceptions of beauty. ![]() In considering “Autumn and Winter” I investigate the colour white by evaluating its effect in showing purity and an established beauty ideal. To determine how Morrison uses colour symbolism effectively, I analyse the colours associated with seasons. ![]() There is a strong appearance of the colours orange, yellow, white and blue throughout the work that have symbolic connotations and effects which portrays an image of beauty. I set out to explore colour symbolism in Toni Morrison’s 1970 novel The bluest eye. ![]()
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