%0 Journal Article
%T The Feminine Rebel: Treacherous Housewife-mothers and Aggressive Wives Fighting for Personal Identity in Authur Miller¡¯s <i>After the Fall</i>
%A Xiaojuan YAO
%J Studies in Literature and Language
%D 2012
%I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture
%R 10.3968/2263
%X This article attempts to explore Arthur Miller¡¯s representation of wife and mother characters in his play After the Fall. In the play, Miller puts more emphasis on his wife and mother characters¡¯ awakening and rebellion. Miller portrays Rose as a treacherous housewife-mother who rebels against the idealized woman image of loving wife and sacrificial mother by becoming a separate person, asserting her own ambition and meeting her own demands. And through Louise¡¯s victory in her fighting for personal identify, Miller shows women¡¯s strong voices in their family. Besides, via Maggie¡¯s tragedy in her self-pursuit, Miller proves that women can be as significant and tragic as men. In his effort to depict wife and mother¡¯s rebellious spirits, Miller creates some complicated and diverse wife and mother images. So, that his representations of autonomous women achieve victories and suffer defeats disproves the viewpoint that Miller¡¯s women are mere objects of male desire without self-defined identity. Key words: Arthur Miller; After the Fall; Housewifemothers; Wives; Personal identity
%K Arthur Miller
%K After the Fall
%K Housewifemothers
%K Wives
%K Personal identity
%U http://cscanada.net/index.php/sll/article/view/2263