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On the Elements of Masculinity and Femininity in Arthur Miller’s Dramas
ZHANG Qin
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8072/2018.04.005
South China Business College, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangdong, China
Arthur Miller is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century in the United States, together with the conscience of American drama. Nevertheless, his works have always been considered as having misogynic inclinations. This paper, on the basis of gender theories, seeks to undertake an interpretation to the elements of masculinity and femininity regarding female characters in Arthur Miller’s dramas. Taking The Crucible and A Memory of Two Mondays as a case in point, the author seeks to identify and discuss three categories of female characters, comprising “the angel in the house”, the figure of Medea, and the silenced and absent females, in order to deconstruct Miller’s dichotomized outlook on females.
Arthur Miller, The Crucible, A Memory of Two Mondays, masculinity, femininity
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