Jessie's Power in a Patriarchal Society in Night,Mother  

作　　者：薛冰[1] 

机构地区：[1]天津外国语大学

出　　处：《海外英语》2017年第15期175-176,共2页Overseas English

摘　　要：Night,Mother is a famous play about female identification.It is about Jessie,a middle aged woman,who,through many years’struggle,decides to kill herself at nine o’clock in an ordinary night in her mother’s house.Jessie’s fighting for female identity and corresponding power would be analyzed.In the play,Jessie tries two ways to get her power,one by trying to imitating men to get accepted by patriarchal society,and the other by revolting outside resistance and insisting her pursuit of self rights and freedom.Night, Mother is a famous play about female identification. It is about Jessie, a middle aged woman, who, through many years' struggle, decides to kill herself at nine o'clock in an ordinary night in her mother's house. Jessie's fighting for female identity and corresponding power would be analyzed. In the play, Jessie tries two ways to get her power, one by trying to imitating men to get accepted by patriarchal society, and the other by revolting outside resistance and insisting her pursuit of self rights and freedom.

关 键 词：NIGHT MOTHER patriarchal Society power gaining IMITATION REVOLT 

分 类 号：I712.073[文学—其他各国文学]