MAN IN A CASE & Sound of a Voice

Today, I read this short play called, "Man in the Case". I thought this story was pretty entertaining for a little bit.

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- Byelinkov and Varinka are to get married soon. The man is reputable and famous throughout town.

- He forbids her to ride a bike and makes her return it.

Alright, so there is this man that is truly loved by this innocent young lady. She seems proper and fit for this educated and responsible man. However, it seems like he has a problem with her being more "powerful" with her display of riding her bike through town. He seems unable to ride the bike. I guess he does not approve of the idea that the lady should display more power, or appear to be too free, from the control of the man. As seen from the ending, the guy tears up his note and seems to be some manipulating, control-freak man.

Another play we read was "Sound of a Voice".

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- Lady named Yokiko lives up in the mountains all by herself.

- Man comes to visit her, and plans to kill her because of rumors saying she is a witch.

- Man falls in love with lady, and vice-versa.

- Lady hangs herself when man tries to run away, and man plays her instrument Shakuhachi.

I think this story was also about men being too stubborn of having full control over their woman. In the play, this guy falls in love with a woman, who beats him in a sword fight. He somehow regains his pride by scrubbing away a stain she had in her house. I think a man should be helpful to a woman, but full control is way out-of-bounds. Like Persepolis, there seemed to be a need for the man in Muslim culture to have full control over woman: clothing (appearance), marriage, driving.