On Tragic Factors of Portia Coughlan’s Death

Ruiying Yi; Ling Tan

doi:10.6918/IJOSSER.202512_8(12).0005

Authors

Ruiying Yi
Ling Tan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6918/IJOSSER.202512_8(12).0005

Keywords:

Portia Coughlan, Tragedy, False relationship, Loneliness, Victim, Deadlock

Abstract

As one of the masterpieces of Marina Carr, Portia Coughlan told the heroin Portia’s tragic story in the Irish patriarchy society. According to Raymond Williams’ theory of modern tragedy, this study analyzes four factors that caused Portia’s tragic fate so as to reveal the plight of Irish women and the oppression they suffered in a patriarchal society.

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