Top Girls (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Caryl Churchill
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: England
- Genres: Social realism, Drama, Psychological drama
- Subjects: Tradition, Sexism, Gender roles, Alienation, 1980’s, England or English people, Feminism, Women’s issues, Women, Business or business people, Ambition, Success or failure, Loneliness, Work or workers, Employment or employees, Career women
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
Marlene, the thirty-three-year-old, recently promoted managing director of the Top Girls Employment Agency. A working-class woman who left behind her illegitimate daughter, she has achieved success in the business world by being as tough, ruthless, and aggressive as any man. Politically conservative and emotionally cold, she represents women who have “made it” by incorporating patriarchal standards of success and who are contemptuous of those who have selected more traditional paths. She left her industrial hometown and chose sales as a career because...
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