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"The few women who are successful have problems finding contentment and suffer isolation from family and loneliness". What price have women paid for discovering and expressing their individuality?
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"The few women who are successful have problems finding contentment and suffer isolation from family and loneliness". What price have women paid for discovering and expressing their individuality? Caryl Churchill once stated, "Playwrights don't give answers, they ask questions". For Churchill, that meant questioning the relationship between women and labour, and what effect they would have on the workplace and in society. In her play, "Top Girls," The plot centres around Marlene, who is a product of gender equality and women in the workplace. Churchill utilizes Marlene's character to show the opposition between an ethic of caring and an ethic of competition, Marlene representing the latter. Various characters throughout the story, such as the obedient Griselda and the troubled Angie, are the opposites of Marlene, in that they are either subservient to men or have no real determination or direction in their lives. The most obvious parallel to Marlene is the...
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