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'It is women who have to cope with problems created by men.' Discuss O'Casey's role of women in Juno and the Paycock.
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Tessa Weale Coursework 'It is women who have to cope with problems created by men.' Discuss O'Casey's role of women in Juno and the Paycock. One of the main themes throughout the play is that men are weak and incapable where most aspects of life are concerned, and that it is their female counterparts who usually have to suffer the consequences. This belief, which is firmly supported by O'Casey, is perhaps a little too sweeping, as there are always people who are exceptions to the general rule. This theme of the enternal uselessness of the male, and the strength of the female mind permeates through every Act of the play, and is particularly apparent in the relationship of the leading male and female, Boyle and Juno. I think in relation to my background knowledge of the writer's upbringing, he is using Juno as a very significant representative of the female race, which he...
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