When she first meets the protagonist she leads the interrogation on him she is quite aggressive towards him at first she even speaks more than any of the men who are there. She becomes interested in Christy due to how different he is and he’s coming from the outside. However she still gives undertones of a young helpless girl as she is frightened to stay in the shebeen “to be leaving a poor girl with her own self counting the hours to the dawn of day? ” this evokes that although she is a controlling character and quite strong she is still vulnerable. She runs the local public house and gives off vibes of confidence it is quite clear she has power over her father as she is the one in-charge. Regarding Pegeen or Margaret Flaherty she is quite the strong woman. Every female character we meet is quite obsessed with Christy. This shows the role of women throughout the play. Instead of the male chasing the women and trying to woo her it is switched it is all about the women chasing the one man. Beginning with The Playboy of the Western World the dating scene is quite different from the one in which anyone else would be familiar with. The two plays I will be focusing on are The Playboy of the Western World by JM Synge and Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey I will discuss gender roles and class deeply and conjure up exactly what they are like in each play.
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