Predicament of Working Women in Sean O'casey'...

Predicament of Working Women in Sean O'casey's Juno and the Paycock

Author Name : S. Aishwarya, Mr V.R. Suresh Kumar

ABSTRACT

Being a woman itself is hard to survive in the patriarchal society. For a working woman, it takes great strength to persist in her position in society. Working women face a lot of complexities in life. When concerning with the work-life balance, earnings, harassment, and job opportunities, they face a lot of trouble than men. The situation carried on from the Industrial Revolution times when women began to work to run their family and are existing till now where a woman is trying to prove herself in the society. Sean O'Casey was an Irish dramatist who has shown the status and situation of working women through his plays. Sean O'Casey' Juno and the Paycock was one of his outstanding plays which depict the obstacles and difficulties of a working woman during the Irish War of Independence. This paper compares the character  'Juno' with modern women and analyzes the problems faced by working women.

Keywords: Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock, Feminism, Working women, Societal issues