THEA 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Henrik Ibsen, John Stuart Mill, Electoral Division Of Greatorex
19 Feb 2016
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This paper argues blah in order to blah. Cherry orchard: characters having problems with modernity. Geopathology: applied to the problem of home, challenges characters face in having a sense of home. Votes for women: women are rejecting old school notions of women"s plays. They are rejecting domestic responsibilities, being a mother, raising children, and creating new understandings of creating community and home. Suffrage movement: women arguing for suffrage, the vote. The use of spectacle, costumes, and other theatrical elements are used to express themselves politically. Romans: do not like theatre but spectacle, they use performance to present themselves. She was satirized, seen in cultural art. More jobs were becoming available in factories and department store due to industrialization. This also meant they were taking up pubic spaces which were male dominated, such as the theatre. Because they are financially stable, marriage is less appealing to them. Before passing 1882: her wealth was passed to her husband.
