Key Quotations (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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4 central themes Churchill explores in Top Girls
4 central themes Churchill explores in Top Girls
Gender, class, ambition, motherhood
Joan's strategy to access power in Catholic Church
Joan's strategy to access power in Catholic Church
Disguised herself as a man
What Griselda represents in Act 1 Scene 1
What Griselda represents in Act 1 Scene 1
Traditional ideal of the submissive wife
Gret's action against male oppressors
Gret's action against male oppressors
Leading village women in revolt
What Marlene's 'top/underneath' language reveals
What Marlene's 'top/underneath' language reveals
Internalised competitive, male-dominated corporate values
Mrs Kidd's concern about Howard reporting to Marlene
Mrs Kidd's concern about Howard reporting to Marlene
What working for a woman will do to him
Marlene's view of the 1980s under Thatcher
Marlene's view of the 1980s under Thatcher
Thinks they're going to be 'stupendous'
Marlene's attitude to working-class women
Marlene's attitude to working-class women
Won't help if stupid, lazy, or frightened
Angie's final word in the play
Angie's final word in the play
Frightening
Who is Angie's biological mother
Who is Angie's biological mother
Marlene (not Joyce)