“We Are Flesh and Blood!”:Women Elucidating their’ Self’

Pages:100-104
Veena Sharma (Department English & Communication Skills in Govt. Polytechnic College, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh)

Gender discrimination and women’s exploitation have been serious issues in Australian society that is largely patriarchal. Men in this country see their manhood as the chief source of pride and identity and women are dismissed to marginal positions. Like other prolific playwrights, Louis Nowra, an Irish-Australian playwright in his plays exposes how gender is culturally constituted in favour of men and how women suffer due to cultural manipulation of gender roles. The image of the female protagonists in his plays subverts the stereotypes of the woman as a helpless, clinging creature who needs to be protected by a powerful man. They are rather portrayed as headstrong and outgoing fighters and survivors giving message to women of the world.