Gender.

G​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​ender. Consider the struggles of the women in Brooklyn, Boland's poetry, or Friel's play. How do their lives as sisters, daughters, and lovers intersect with the politics, history, and/or economic situations in which they live? Is there any room to just be an individual, or are all of these women too stranded in a world of struggle, expectations, or … ? to consider themselves outside of the relationships they have with eac​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​h other and the men in their lives?