Relationships between women in Sarah Daniels' play "Neaptide"
This paper is an exploration of female relationships using feminist and psychoanalytic approaches in reading a British play "Neaptide." The findings provide us a unique way of explaining the bondage between mother-daughter relationships, and it also tells us that in the play "Neaptide...
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| Language: | English |
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Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
2005
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3510/1/Relationships_between_Women_in_Sarah_Daniels%27_Play_Neaptide.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3510/ http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/view_archives.php?journal=JSSH-13-1-3 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | This paper is an exploration of female relationships using feminist and psychoanalytic approaches in reading a British play "Neaptide." The findings provide us a unique way of explaining the bondage between mother-daughter relationships, and it also tells us that in the play "Neaptide" Sarah Daniels offers a positive future to her two female protagonists because both have been rescued by their mother Joyce. Daniels uses the Demeter-Persephone myth to illustrate the limited choices that her female character Joyce has in handling her family crisis. Like Demeter,Joyce keeps her family together by delivering them from male domination: Val from her unhappy marriage
with Colin, and Claire and Poppy from the devious and ruthless Lawrence. Claire's bold and honest public confession of herself as a lesbian has clearly entailed suffering and sacrifice. However, Joyce has made the right decision to help both her daughters to get out of their predicaments. |
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