마샤 노먼의 『변신』과 『오우크 3번가의 이야기』에 나타난 여성유대 연구

Abstract

This article is to consider how sisterhood is depicted in Marsha Norman's two plays, Getting Out and Third and Oak. In Getting Out, Marsha Norman created two central characters: Arlene, a woman sent to prison for a second-degree murder, robbery, forgery and prostitution, and who is portrayed as a positive force and Arlie, the negatively portrayed foil of the same woman. The play concludes with Arlie transformed into Arlene. She finds an identity in patriarchal society. During the process of transformation, men give her pain, has a mother with no support in her rehabilitation, but Ruby plays a role offering friendship and protection to Arlene. Ruby offers an example of behavior that helps Arlene find her own path to survival. The first act in Third and Oak is set in a laundromat in the early hours of the morning and involves mainly the conversation of two women. Alberta is a reserved woman in her late fifties, and Deedee is a restless twenty-year old woman. Alberta consoles Deedee's loneliness and gives her several pieces of advice. Alberta encourages Deedee's self-conceit, fulfills the role of a surrogate mother, and gives Deedee strength which gains her self-identity, while Deedee releases Alberta from her grief and fear. Finally, they both attain an individual understanding of their unique feminine identity through the empathy of sisterhood.