PLAY Top Girls CARYL CHURCHILL

Question 1

Omniscient narrator uses irony as knows Marlene is Angie’s real mum. Dress (give to A by M) symbolising Marlene who abandoned her - siding with marlene despite joyce being the hero here. Shows upper class always have the power

Answer 1

“I put on this dress to kill my mother” - Angie

Question 2

M dreams of escapism but never can truly escape her lifestyle or society.

Answer 2

‘I’d like to go somewhere exotic like you but I can’t get away..I’d like to lie in the sun forever , except of course I can’t bear sitting still.’
-Marlene

Question 3

Class structure, as seen by Marlene, is the cause of oppression
and the divide between the sisters is exaggerated

Answer 3

Marlene saying ‘I hat the working class’ and Joy replying ‘ I spit
when I see a Rolls Royce.’