Language and communication The abrupt nature of the utterances in Top Girls reflects a style of playwriting that is more modern‚ where a short sentence can be loaded with meaning. The minimal use of words lays bare the main issues while allowing much dramatic effect through their simplicity. There is more strength in what is not said‚ and the clarity of speech does not mean that there are fewer issues to decode. The language of misogyny‚ appropriated by women‚ is apparent in Joyce’s swearing at
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text revolves not only around its content‚ but also its language and construction. This notion articulates profoundly within Margaret Atwood’s novel A Handmaid’s Tale as it is‚ after all‚ the author’s manipulation of the language and construction which enacts as vehicles towards the reader’s understanding of the content. A Handmaid’s Tale is a confrontational post-modern work of feminist dystopian fiction; it depicts a protagonist’s struggle to adapt to a totalitarian and theocratic state where language
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The Commander’s Wife I can almost feel it. Feel my hate‚ disgust‚ yearning. It’s clammy palms are clasped well within my dry‚ aged ones; I was choosing to ignore how the tightness of my grip was spitefully cutting into the youthful flesh. I was choosing to ignore many things. I also wasn’t the only thing cutting into the lament faced mass of bones before me. My eyes reluctantly glanced up to his withered face‚ lines of wisdom and experience coating his physiognomy. A flinch beckoned me to
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Maria IB English 05/31/12 How do the scenes‚ of both the book and movie‚ of The Handmaid´s Tale made changes for their own benefit? The Handmaid´s Tale book by the Canadian Margaret Atwood is a dystopian novel‚ science fiction first published in 1985. It won so many prizes such as the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Nebula Award‚ among others‚ that this novel was adapted to the big screen. The movie adaptation‚ named the same as the book‚ was directed by Volker Schlondorff and made in 1990
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is shatterproof. There is nothing in the room from which one could hang a rope‚ and the door does not lock or even shut completely. Looking around‚ Offred remembers how Aunt Lydia told her to consider her circumstances a privilege‚ not a prison. Handmaids‚ to which group the narrator belongs‚ dress entirely in red‚ except for the white wings framing their faces. Household servants‚ called “Martha’s‚” wear green uniforms. “Wives” wear blue uniforms. Offred often secretly listens to Rita and Cora‚ the
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15 female and 2 male‚ cheerleaders waited in silence for their music to start. “Your music is on‚” screamed coach. The music starts five‚ six‚ seven‚ eight. The first stunt is thrown. The top girl glues her legs together as the bases toss her up to hit a liberty. The top girl is leveled down and the four girls add to the energy happening in front of them. The music continues‚ three‚ four‚ five‚ six. By seven hands clap together in synchronicity ready to throw jumps. On count two coach yells‚ “hit”
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The main themes in both Top Girls and The Handmaid’s Tale are feminism‚ politics and women’s role in society. Top Girls is based on social realism and political drama. Churchill once said “Playwrights don’t give answers‚ they ask questions”.[1] It could be said that Churchill is asking the audience to acknowledge how much a woman has to sacrifice in order to succeed in the stereotypically male dominant workplace. However‚ it could also be said that she could be asking the audience to acknowledge
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A Comparative Essay of A Doll’s House and Top Girls Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls both are a pillar of critical writing about the society they were originally produced in and have a central theme of the oppression of women‚ which makes them great sources of feminist reviews. Although Ibsen “abandoned the concept that the play was about gender roles” (Urban‚ 1997)‚ the central question is beyond the original context within which the plays were produced and received
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It has been said that women have never achieved full equality with men. To what extent are Churchill’s characters ‘Top Girls’ in act one Many roles of women in society have been limited. There are very clear expectations of men and women‚ the men are the breadwinners and women are only to be housewives and mothers. Women through the ages have had to deal with a male dominated society. Men believed that women always needed support and someone to look after them. Women have been portrayed as being
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Top Girls "Reading Top Girls as a feminist text helped me to find ways to dramatize the price women pay for success in a patriarchal society" (J.T Burk). To what extent can Top Girls be classified as a feminist comedy? Caryl Churchill’s play‚ Top Girls‚ has many social‚ political and cultural observations about modern women throughout the centuries. It was written in 1982 and in this‚ Churchill presents women from both modern and historical periods who seem to have been successful in one way
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