1. social conditions of the three generations - which woman is "caught" in the stereotypical condition of her time? which woman is not?
2. If one is an explorer - moving out of the condition of her time - what does it take? bravery? courage? enduring loneliness?
3. who makes money; who is dependent on the money of others
4. who has children - how dependent are they
5. dress (costume) - what does it express. is it restrictive, revealing? is it a decoration for a man? how would it speak to the other men (besides the partner).
6. homemaking and home duties - what do you see - who takes care of operations
7. romance: how does each stand with the search for love? who looks at whom? who is looked at? who pays attention to whom?
8. if there is a partnership, which one(s) would be most devastated if the other left
9. what is the objective of each of the three women - how can you see the change in objectives as historical markers
10. how mobile are they - can they get around? is there dependency?
11. which "side" are they on? side of bed, side of couch, side of chairs. Do they look at one another squarely in the face or are they at angles, kind of looking at the third "spot" and not at each other?
12. in each of their lives, do the women bring up emotional matters to the other? does the other bring up emotional matters to them? do they just avoid emotional matters?
13. do the women have any other women to talk to? do they have men to talk to? to whom do they turn?
14. if you could ask each one this question, what would they say? You simply ask: "Who are you?" Do they answer with their name, their occupation, something about their marital status, their emotional condition? their place in history?
15. how much "room" do they have in their houses, how much space? how is it used? how connected are they to matters outside their homes? maybe you don't SEE it, for example, with Streep, but you know she has a job and in fact she starts on the street, does she not?
these are some questions.
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