Women are often looked at as weak, inferior and only use is to bear children and raise them, compared to men who are looked at as strong, superior, and gods on Earth, women are not looked at as equal to men. The play Big Love by Charles L. Mee, displays the different views of genders and their thoughts on marriage and equality with the opposite sex. Within the play we see the different gender views of marriage in a way that each character is another level of a gender stereotype. This play proves that women shouldn’t just be a stay at home mother or a man’s trophy wife, but rather an equal life partner, and if not a life partner they should be able to choose their own life path. Women should be able to choose their own life path, all men do
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Thyona is very manipulative when it comes down to her sisters, she can tell them to do something because she knows best for them and they will listen. Thyona is what society calls a misandrist (is the hatred or dislike of men or boys) this comes from what people have experienced with men, which may have been traumatizing or unforgiveable. Radical feminists have been accused of misandry although other feminists have criticized this, describing it as a "lazy and insidious" culture within the feminist movement. So Thyona can be described as a radical feminist. According to The Feminist Criticism, Thyona would be considered a “bad girl”; I say this because “bad girls are considered females who violate patriarchal sexual norms in some way.” …show more content…
Lydia and Nikos are the equal life partner bracket, where they value and respect each other enough to live life together equally in an equal world. Lydia and Nikos is a victory story in a sense that, despite all odds and obstacles they get through it in a reasonable and rational way. They love each other therefore they want to be together with or without their siblings blessing. Lydia is a feminist of her own, she has an idea of the equality of men and women together in harmony, in a healthy relationship, not only marriage but friendship. The play Big Love by Charles L. Mee connects to the theme that, women shouldn’t just be a stay at home mother or a man’s trophy wife, but rather an equal life partner, and if not a life partner they should be able to choose their own life path. Throughout the play you see many views of gender, marriage, parenthood, childhood, tradition and so on. All of these things bring the plot together in a way where you see the different mind sets of different men and women. For example, Lydia who is a rational, well rounded person, who feels a wife should be equal to her husband,
Thyona is very manipulative when it comes down to her sisters, she can tell them to do something because she knows best for them and they will listen. Thyona is what society calls a misandrist (is the hatred or dislike of men or boys) this comes from what people have experienced with men, which may have been traumatizing or unforgiveable. Radical feminists have been accused of misandry although other feminists have criticized this, describing it as a "lazy and insidious" culture within the feminist movement. So Thyona can be described as a radical feminist. According to The Feminist Criticism, Thyona would be considered a “bad girl”; I say this because “bad girls are considered females who violate patriarchal sexual norms in some way.” …show more content…
Lydia and Nikos are the equal life partner bracket, where they value and respect each other enough to live life together equally in an equal world. Lydia and Nikos is a victory story in a sense that, despite all odds and obstacles they get through it in a reasonable and rational way. They love each other therefore they want to be together with or without their siblings blessing. Lydia is a feminist of her own, she has an idea of the equality of men and women together in harmony, in a healthy relationship, not only marriage but friendship. The play Big Love by Charles L. Mee connects to the theme that, women shouldn’t just be a stay at home mother or a man’s trophy wife, but rather an equal life partner, and if not a life partner they should be able to choose their own life path. Throughout the play you see many views of gender, marriage, parenthood, childhood, tradition and so on. All of these things bring the plot together in a way where you see the different mind sets of different men and women. For example, Lydia who is a rational, well rounded person, who feels a wife should be equal to her husband,