Caryl Churchill'in Owners Oyununda Cinsiyet Rollerinin İhlal Edilmesi

Abstract

This study discusses Caryl Churchill's play Owners in terms of confusion of gender roles and capitalistic concerns through a socialist feminist criticism. The play is based on motherhood, social control, possession and material concerns. Marion's wish for an excessive possession and power brings greed and violence through subverting her feminine identity to quest gender roles. Male characters are submissive in contrast to Marion. Buddhist and Taoist philosophy in contrast to Western culture is expressed through the character Alec's passivity by exceeding his masculine roles. The depiction of the character Marion subverts the conventional patriarchal norms, still bringing no improvement for women in collectives. Marion achieves an individualistic material success when she exceeds her boundaries as a female and represses another woman. At this point analysing the play through the socialist feminist lens becomes meaningful in Churchill's depicting the egoistical figures like Marion that brings no improvement in women's social position.