Women’s Pivotal Role: A Feminist Reading In Shaw’s Play Candida And Ibsen’s Play A Doll House

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Instructor. Dr. Liath Farouq Raoof , PhD. Candidate Faris Thamir Khudhayer

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In this paper, a domestic relationship and a didactic way of self-recognition explore as a secret recipe for a cooperative and successful life. George Bernard Shaw’s Candida and Henrick Ibsen’s A Doll House are discussed in light of feminist reading. They foreshadowed the profound development of their heroines' task for freedom as mentioned in the modern and contemporary feminist philosophy.  Moreover, the effect of the misunderstanding and hollowness in the domestic sphere of Victorian society is investigated. Women's conventionally treated prior to the mid-twentieth century as s second-class citizens patronized and approved by the dominated male atmosphere. The feminist perspectives are given in the selected plays associated with feminist stream appropriate with women’s awareness of their rights at the end of the nineteenth century. Thus, many liberalists foreshowed the essential role of women in renovating society through the employment of strong, independent, and reasonable female characters. Mutually, they mock and obscure the presumable reckless patriarchal deeds of the heroes in order to enhance their feminist argument. Therefore, female characters in Ibsen and Shaw's drama are vital in reforming society, educating the successive generation and shielding marital life. The selected heroines sacrifice worldly pleasure for the sake of maintaining their domestic role as wives and mothers and to enhance their individuality and self-respect. Analytically, the study illuminated the essential role women can play, which if it was not equal to men, it would not be less important than men could do.

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