In my essay, I decided to examine how gender is presented on stage in Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and "Cloud Nine” by Churchill. Specifically, I will examine how both playwrights express the gender role of patriarchy in their male characters, Willy Loman and Clive. Gender, unlike the biological differentiation of sex, is a social condition that forms the basis of being a “man” or a “woman”. The role of patriarchy, as described by (renowned feminist) Gerda Lerner, is “the manifestation and institutionalization of male domination over women and children in the family” (1). This question of identity has since become very popular with playwrights dealing with sexual and gender politics in the theater, notably Miller and Churchill. Domination of the home is considered a crucial element of patriarchy. “Cloud Nine” and “Death of a Salesmen” both present this subject but in different ways. In "Cloud Nine", Clive introduces himself at the beginning of the play as "...a father to the natives here and a father to my family so dear". The repeated use of the word “father” when discussing his family and his work in colonial Africa creates an alternative definition. Clive associates the word with a title or duty, and as such it dominates his home and work life in very similar ways. In the opening song, “Come Gather Sons of England,” I think the family should walk in a straight line behind Clive and only move forward when he introduces them. Doing this would not only show his power to the public, but also show them how he commands his family like a general in an army rather than a loving husband and father. Clive later mentions to his own son, Edward, that the reason he should love his father is because "through our father we love our... middle of paper... quite well and try to get a best success. work in Florida. Willy, like Clive, cannot accept Biff for the person he truly is, so he is forced to pretend that he cares about what his father wants. However, Willy mentions that his own father died when he was "three or four years old", leaving almost his entire life without a male figure to look up to. This leads me to agree with Neil Carson, in his book “Arthur Miller”. He says that “Willy's determination to give such strong advice to his son is the result of a lack of such advice in his own life. » Clive and Willy make their son's life miserable by hoping they want to be just like him. them. But Willy's actions may not be as intentional because his own father has passed away and is therefore instead guided by society. Clive, on the other hand, deliberately chooses to ignore what his own son wants..