Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Bachelor of Arts in English
Advisor
James Tackach, Ph.D.
Abstract
This thesis suggests that the head administrative nurse, Nurse Ratched, in Ken Kesey’s Cuckoo’s Nest (1962) can be read as a positive feminist figure. Nurse Ratched wields almost absolute control in the mental ward of the hospital. This thesis explores the idea that such control can productively be read as an attack against patriarchy, rather than an attack on women.
Recommended Citation
Gessford, Molly, "Nurse Ratched as the Anti-woman: Rebellion Against Patriarchy in Ken Kesey’s One F/ew Over the Cuckoo ’s Nest" (2011). English Theses. 53.
https://docs.rwu.edu/english_theses/53
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