Oleanna

Oleanna Whether Oleanna is a misogynistic play, can be argued either way. It depends on which point of view one sees it from. The play portrays Carol, a woman, as a manipulative character lacking any positive qualities. She is portrayed as a feminist that is out to get her “sexist” teacher, John. However, John is no angel. He misuses his power as a teacher and under minds her. Although it seems that Carol is solely responsible for John’s demise, he too played a part in it. Carol sets him up by putting him in an awkward situation where he is most certain to fail. She succeeds by manipulating the facts and eventually driving him to madness. It is clear that Carol is failing the course because she is incapable. However, Carol feels that it is not because she is a bad student, but because John is a bad teacher. She goes to his office to tell him that she couldn’t afford to fail and that she has tried everything to try to understand but she still can’t. John understands her problem and offers to give her an oleanna, carol, john, power, because, certain, understand, teacher, tells, situation, responsible, remarks, play, out, office, mistakes, mistake, made, john’s, however, demise, woman, wife, whether, way, under, twisted, true, tried, talk, starts, somewhat, rape, point, perhaps, over