Theatre 6 By Sarah Hall Analysis

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Growing up, many women dream of one day becoming a mother. Conceiving may be a blessing, however, finding out you have had a miscarriage is a horror that no woman in this position wants to go through. Seeing how certain governments view a miscarriage or stillbirth to be an aggravated homicide, this can be very detrimental to women's freedom. In the short story, “Theatre 6”, author Sarah Hall exposes how the workers in the hospital go against the government laws to avoid being incarcerated for an act of nature that can't be avoided. In the Los Angeles Times, Tracy Wilkinson explains how women in El Salvador are being imprisoned for having miscarriages or stillbirths. Wilkinson interviews Guadalupe Vasquez, a victim of the imprisonment, explains …show more content…

In both stories, the authors express the idea of how women have no choice in their own matters. For example, in “The Story of an Hour”, when Mrs. Mallard believes her husband had past away she was thrilled at the prospect of having complete freedom over her life now that no one was hindering her. This relates to the theme in “Theatre 6”, showing how governments strongly influence how women are viewed in society. Furthermore, women in society are more oppressed than males because of all the standards that society sets for women that are considered “acceptable”. In the 19th century women weren't allowed to own their own property let alone make their own decisions in many cases today in some countries women are being jailed for inevitable natural abortions or miscarriages. "We live in a misogynist, machista society … with prejudices about how a woman should behave and the punishment she should receive for not fulfilling those expectations. There is no presumption of innocence” (Wilkinson). This shows that women have always been struggling to have their own rights and don’t have a strong

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