notre univers impitoyable

Bourgeois Power Struggles Dominate Lea Frazer’s ‘Notre Univers Impitoyable’

John McGovern

A recurring theme in Shakespeare is the elusive nature of symbolic identities, particularly their relationship to gender. Many of his plays feature gender-bending moments, with characters that dress differently in order to expose the superficial differences between them. This theme runs throughout Notre Univers Impitoyable, and its disjointed narrative plays out two different scenarios involving the power couple of Victor and Margot. 

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