Abstract

Thatcherism era regards one of the great political and economic trends which have transformed a new lifestyle of British society to be adopting the individualism instead of the socialism. On another word, it is a transformation from welfare capitalism to privatization. This trend strategy has reflected new criteria inside the society. As a result, Thatcherism has given a new transformation concerning the Feminism and its role in the society. The research will shed light on the new concepts of this type of literature. Thus, the discussion and tackling are directed to the selected plays of the playwright Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls and Cloud Nine.
 The first chapter will discuss the phenomena of Thatcherism during 1979 until 1990. Then, the rest of chapter will mention the impact of Thatcherism on the second wave of feminism and the biography of Caryl Churchill.
 In second chapter, the focusing will be on the Thatcherism and its relationship towards the voice of woman. Also, the character Marlene in Churchill’s Top Girls will be the point of discussion in terms of the resembling the image of woman that may stand on the next shore to Marlene. The conclusion will sum up the main finding.

Highlights

  • What is Thatcherism It is the pollical and economic policies advocated by the former British Conservative Prime Minister Margret Thatcher (Oxford Dictionary, online)

  • The rest of chapter will mention the impact of Thatcherism on the second wave of feminism and the biography of Caryl Churchill

  • The concentration will be on the impact of the Thatcherism on the feminism movement and the role of Caryl Churchill in reflecting these transformations via its plays especially Top Girls and Cloud Nine

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Introduction

What is Thatcherism It is the pollical and economic policies advocated by the former British Conservative Prime Minister Margret Thatcher (Oxford Dictionary, online). It is very respectfully that Churchill is working so hard to keep the feminism and its consequences embodied in most of her plays for reflecting both challenges and opportunities She tried to drew a roadmap for the feminism within the huge dramatic changes in the economic and political strategies on the society especially under Thatcherism (Aston and Reinelt 174-180). “Caryl Churchill wrote Top Girls to question the extent to which second wave feminists were buying into Thatcher ideologies to the detriment of a variety of real woman” (Aston and Reinelt 14) The play Top Girls testifies women who have made it in man's world, will accept capitalistic structures and learn to function in them.

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Interviews with Contemporary Women
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