Feminist Perspective of Cross-Gender Power relation in Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls

 

 

Jenny M. Djundjung

Yap Bie Yong

 

 

Top Girls, one of Caryl Churchill’s most popular plays, describes the lives of six female characteristics coming from different centuries. Each of them has their own story to tell, as they have all been victimized by the patriarchal system in the century when they live and have resisted the system with different strategies. They either employ roles that are traditionally reserved for men or they adopt the archetypically feminine qualities. Despite their resistance and success, they find themselves unhappy and unsatisfied over their achievements. Thus this raises the question of the effectiveness of the feminist movement.

 

 

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Djundjung, J. M., & Yong, Y. B. (2002). Feminist perspective of cross-gender power relation in Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls. K@ta, 4(2), 115-120.

 

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