Top girls is very different sort of play, it reflects the view of the writer (Caryl Churchill) and expresses it in such a way that it makes people who read the book see the world as she does. There are many characters within this book and each one have an impact in one way or another. The play is split into three acts and each one is different considerably however one character stands out in all three, Marlene.
             Marlene is the 'Top Girl'; she got a high paid and high status job within an employment agency which in the mid eighties was very hard thing to do. Marlene is presented forward as the modern lady, the women who has strove to challenge man and who has succeeded. Marlene however is the only character throughout the whole play that does not draw much sympathy from a reader or audience mainly because she does not say anything to be sympathised and she is so confident there is no need for it. There is however a little room for some sympathy from the audience when we find out that Angie is in fact her child that she had to give up, sympathy can be given but not much as she gave Angie up selfishly to help her self get to where she is but sympathy all depends on the view of the audience members. Some people might think that she shouldn't of given her child up as she was being selfish but then other people could sympathise because the only way she could do well is to give her child up and the fact that she had to make a hard decision such as that.
             Marlene and Joyce are sisters and looking at the last Act where these two argue about life, politics and everything about them the things that Marlene was holding back came out. They both did not have a great childhood and Marlene clearly shows not much love for her parents especially her Dad who used to beat up her mother. Again we see a little hint of sympathy however because of the way she talks about her mother "F!*?#@g awful life she's had" we fee...