Les Belles Soeurs, by Michel Tremblay is a play written in 1965 that addresses the issue of women socio economic constraints due to their language, greed and jealousy towards each other. The play is based on women working class struggles and the need to get wealth at any cost possible.
Did you ever think of winning big? Well Germaine Lauzon a middle aged housewife in her forties certainly has and have boasted proudly about her winnings. She is a working class woman that is accustomed to a life of little luxuries and had dreams of refurbishing and decorating her working class home from top to bottom. So when she won a million trading stamps in lottery she saw it as an opportunity to fulfill her dream. She invites her friends and relatives over to help her clue the stamps into a booklet where tensions emerged. However, she failed to realize the bitterness and resentment that her friends have towards her. “Not fair, my eye! You’re jealous, that’s all. You said so yourself the minute you walked in. Well I don’t like jealous people, I don’t like them one bit! In fact, if you really want to know, I can’t stand them!” (38). Even though they claimed to be friends, there is a clear presentation of jealousy towards Germaine because they felt they should have been the ones to win the stamps. …show more content…
Throughout the play Germaine friends stole stamp books from her. “My God, there isn’t much here! Where are all the booklets? There’s no more than a dozen in the box. Maybe they’re…No, that’s tables empty what’s going on here?” (95) She became self-centered because of her winnings so the women envied her and tried to steal her winnings. The women in the play seem to have their own struggles because they discuss the difficulties they go through on a daily basis which led to the desperation of one to become rich and win money and
Did you ever think of winning big? Well Germaine Lauzon a middle aged housewife in her forties certainly has and have boasted proudly about her winnings. She is a working class woman that is accustomed to a life of little luxuries and had dreams of refurbishing and decorating her working class home from top to bottom. So when she won a million trading stamps in lottery she saw it as an opportunity to fulfill her dream. She invites her friends and relatives over to help her clue the stamps into a booklet where tensions emerged. However, she failed to realize the bitterness and resentment that her friends have towards her. “Not fair, my eye! You’re jealous, that’s all. You said so yourself the minute you walked in. Well I don’t like jealous people, I don’t like them one bit! In fact, if you really want to know, I can’t stand them!” (38). Even though they claimed to be friends, there is a clear presentation of jealousy towards Germaine because they felt they should have been the ones to win the stamps. …show more content…
Throughout the play Germaine friends stole stamp books from her. “My God, there isn’t much here! Where are all the booklets? There’s no more than a dozen in the box. Maybe they’re…No, that’s tables empty what’s going on here?” (95) She became self-centered because of her winnings so the women envied her and tried to steal her winnings. The women in the play seem to have their own struggles because they discuss the difficulties they go through on a daily basis which led to the desperation of one to become rich and win money and