Female Voice In Scottish Drama: An Exploration of Sue Glover's Bondagers

Abstract

This paper engages with women's ability to either speak out against, or condone the unpleasantness of the unjust socio-cultural and historico-political issues associated with the patriarchal society that does not allow women to act on their own volition. Such situations either make or mar women's future, as those who speak out against are seen as rebels and those who obey are defined by their limitations. Through the texttral analysis of the Scottish writer, Sue Glover's work, Bondagers (1995), the three concepts of Alice Walker's (1984) womanist theory audaciousness, woman-centeredness and community-centeredness - are referred to in the paper which shows that women's discourse agrees that most women need some level of persuasion in order to attain an audible level in the male-dominated societies. Therefore, it becomes noticeable that these three concepts in Glover's selected play re-address female identity, women's position in the society, gender relationships, sexual autonomy and self-expression.