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Politeness Theory In Women's Prison

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Politeness theory can be also exemplified by analyzing the discourses within the Arabic play Women 's Prison / sejn Al Nesaa which is written by a female playwright who is said to be a feminist and always calls for women 's right in the Egyptian society and that was not common at that time. By this play, Fathiya Al Assal tries to focus on women who suffer suppression and how women were treated as inferior creatures who are below men. FTAs as well as negative and positive politeness are crystal clear in this play. This is supported by the following examples: […] ليلى: "انا ماليش في السياسة لا انا مافهمش في السياسة لا"-1 سلوى: (تهمس لليلى في هدوء) "لو امبارح في النيابة اديتيهم بطاقتك ولا باسبورك كانوا ادلوا على شخصيتك ومكانش زمانك معايا لوقت" …show more content…

كانت لحظة منيلة بستين نيلة ساعة ما فكرت اجيلك تغيتيني" Laila: "I am not interested in politics and I don’t understand it" Salwa: (whisper to Laila) " if you gave them your identity card or your passport yesterday, they must have known who you are and set you free" Laila: "and Selim knows the matter comes to kill me, it was such an awful day when I came to you. It was such a black moment when I came to you to help me" (Act1, Scene2,

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