The Woman by Clare Boothe Luce - Movie Review Example

The husband marries the gold digger and Mary decides to move on but she later realizes how unhappy the ex-husband is and decides to fight for him. In this paper, I will try to explain and portray critically the different characteristics and functions of each actor.

All through the play there is no presence of a male figure although they are talked about often. The main theme is the relationship of the women with men and with themselves, as portrayed by one character, Nancy Blake who is single and likely a bi-sexual and she is a feminist who is direct and unemotional. The props showed a lot of attention to detail for example only female figures are embodied and even the pets in the play are all females apart from the bull drawing in the magazine Peggy reads before lunch in Mary’s house. The film's color of black and white shows the originality and the time the play was created since it is old.

Mary Haines is a contented, faithful, and cheerful wife of Stephen and has a daughter little Mary. She is in her middle 30 and has a positive outlook towards marriage. Crystal is in her middle 20s she is single, enticing, deceitful, disrespectful, manipulative, and ambitious. She is the gold digger married to Stephen and she is a fragrance salesperson. She is also unfaithful. Mrs. Morehead is 55 the mother of Mary who is a widow, traditional and wise. Mrs. Fowler is a gossiper, selfish, and inconsiderate lady who is married to Howard and has two children. Mrs. Day or Peggy is 25 and is married to John has no kids but she longs for one. She is the type of lady who has cash but she complains. She is sympathetic and awkward. Mrs. Potter is a dull nonconfrontational housewife who does not like children. She has sexual tendencies. Finally, Countess De Lage is an outgoing hopeless romantic who has been divorced four times. There are three themes, the ideal woman who takes care and depends fully on the husband, marriage in which many characters have used it to get what they want for example Crystal and Miriam, and the importance of children in marriage. The final theme is the relationship between women which shows the jealousy and mistrust between friends.