Iron Jared Angels Analysis

Caryl Churchill Caryl Churchill is a British playwright who was born in London, on September 3, 1938. Her family emigrated to Montreal, after World War 2, where she attended Trafalgar School for Girls. She returned to England to attend Oxford University, and graduated in 1957 where she obtained a B.A. degree in English Literature. She began her writing career there, and is known for dramatizing the abuses of power, for her use of non-naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes. One of her well known plays, Cloud 9, is a farce about sexual politics, set partly in a British overseas colony during the Victorian era. She touches on the feminist revolution throughout a century, from Victorian Africa,

Women were treated as second class citizens, and still couldn’t vote, years after the black’s got their rights to vote. In the film, the protagonist Alice Paul, leads a group of women and they protest against the Woodrow Wilson, and his government to shed light on women’s suffrage. They go on a Woman Suffrage Procession, and get tackled by men. Throughout the film, they are often picketing in front of the White House in support of feminism and to shed light on women’s suffrage. Eventually, the some of the women that protested are attacked by men, and sent to prison for their picketing. It is there that they go on a hunger strike and are force fed, which ultimately brings Woodrow Wilson to release them. The Nineteenth Amendment is eventually implemented, which leads to more feminist campaigns throughout the century. The acting was intense, and it was written in a way that really brought opened up people’s minds when they think of women’s suffrage of the early 1900s. It really brings on heavy emotions, which brings the viewer to feel empathy for what women had to go through in order to obtain their rights. I think that the film as a whole brings light to the ongoing gender gap that we face to today as a society, and I hope that this will bring world governments to close this gender gap. The filmmaker, writer, and actors were really successful, since they touched the feelings of many people, and made people reflect on women’s rights. Today, we face a lot of issues, like equally pay, that society would want, and this film is a must watch for everyone. We need to open up more minds, and for people to accept women as equal citizens, and hopefully through watching this film, more people will realize the importance of women’s rights. Eventually, women’s rights should not even be an issue anymore, and women can enjoy equal rights