The production of Allan Knee’s “Little Women” conducted by the University of Texas at Austin College of Fine Arts produced a musical of the struggle of a family of all women. The production challenged the idea of feminism and many aspects of it in the time the Civil War. The overall play was in the narrative position of a character named Jo March, who faced issues as a female writer in a time where women were challenging the standards of women, but were unable to overcome many problems that arose. By having the main character, Jo, consistently trying to become more than her female role within the social standards, the idea of an independent women role is created. Throughout the plot the character comes to face with many problems that initially any normal women character would fine no trouble with, but due the this reoccurring idea of an independent women, Jo finds trouble with her current lifestyle. The eventful move from the old childhood home to the life in New York, Jo becomes the independent …show more content…
The musical opens it where all the characters are joyful, and this could possibly relate to how society is. As the nation’s society is unaware of the issues, the are happy as ignorance allows them to not worry about the real matters that affects them in the future. This possibly also would correlate as how the musical could be hinting for the nation to open their eyes more as the characters are faced with a serious event halfway through the plot, that eventually brings light to each of the March sisters’ eyes. As a representation of the nation, only once the nation is able to recognize its issues, will it be able to move forward and grow. Thus the Civil War can be seen as being questioned by the musical in a way that the nations are closed and only once they open them will they more past the problems that splits the