Marginalization and the Search for Independence in Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey and Pam Gems’s Piaf

Abstract

This paper aims to shed light on women's marginalization in Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey and Pam Gems's Piaf due to their class and gender. In these plays, the protagonists follow their distinct values and norms that do not go hand in hand with the norms established by the patriarchal society. The paper examines A Taste of Honey and Piaf from a feminist point of view. Though written prior to the development of second wave feminism, A Taste of Honey does include some pivotal elements of the movement. The paper mainly focuses on what is known as socialist feminism which has first emerged in Britain and rose to prominence in the 1960s and 1970. Both playwrights, however, present female characters and approach feminist issues in accordance with Britain’s social and cultural context when they were staged.