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Caryl Churchill Top Girls
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The major themes in Caryl Churchill's 'Top Girls'
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top girls
caryl churchill
drama
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feminism
political drama
margaret thatcher
experimental drama
level 2 english literature
caryl churchill
university undergraduate
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Caryl Churchill Top Girls
Political Drama
"Most plays can be looked at from a political perspective ... it usually only gets noticed and called 'political' if it's against the 'Status-Quo.'"
Margaret Thatcher in power as PM
Upcoming General Election
Aftermath of the Falkland's War
Controversial figure even today
Death in 2013
Divisive similar to Marlene
Social Class
Hard work rewarded - regardless of circumstances
Utopian / Thatcherite
Individual's fault if they are not where they want to be
Marlene and Joyce
Joyce looks after Marlene's biological child
Single-parent scapegoated
Underclass
Opposite of what Marlene is striving for
Joyce is a representation of working-class society
Unsympathetic
Cannot understand Kit's academic ambition
Doesn't believe Angie has any options
"She's one of those girls who might never leave home"
Marlene abandons her daughter to pursue career ambition
System won't allow for a single parent
Ambitious / Doesn't want to be considered as in the 'underclass'
Feminism
Career Ambition
Marlene abandons family to pursue career
Hard work / talent rewarded - regardless of circumstances
Relationship and family will make women undesirable in the corporate world
Thatcherism
Sex not a issue
What is Feminism
Equality?
Individual or collective?
Cost of individual success
Others and self
Margaret Thatcher
Only Female PM
Never appointed female minister to cabinet
Own Success?
Marlene unwilling to promote women who do not share her values
No career ambition or want of family = inferior
Is Marlene an example of Feminism Success?
Opportunity open to all girls or just those on top
Title
Opportunity and ambition for women
Immaturity -> "Girls"
Eliteism
Class and Economics contextulise feminism
Speech
Act 1 Dinner
Allows women to voice their stories
Woman all speaking over each other
Eager to tell their own story
Do not listen to each others'
Ironic
Role of Silence
Lack of solidarity and support amongst the women
Waitress is left voiceless
Serves all the other women present
Individualist
Some women (Nijo/Griselda) do not question the actions of the men until promted
Defies the logic of historical, chronological and spatial representation
Women all connected through patriarchal oppression
Marlene and Joyce interrupting each other in the final scene
The sisters do not listen to each other
Resentment between the pair
Silence is rare
Time
Marlene focused with time
Introduced at the beginning of the play
"Table for six, one of them's going to be late"
"I haven't time for a holiday"
Awareness of the passing of time
Concern for what's going to happen but hasn't yet / doesn't
Structure of play as a whole
Continuity of time
Act I Dinner Party
Women from different points in history all together
Marlene doesn't appear to remember the dinner party in Act II or III, even as a dream
Co-exist on different planes rather than connect in any physical way
Aristotle: Unities of time and place
Churchill breaks liner concept of time
Cinematic Flashback
Act III before Act II
Hindsight causes us to re-evaluate the action on Act II
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