The power struggle between Frank and Zoe began when Zoe initiated their relationship. At that time Frank told Zoe that he would hurt her and discard her, but Zoe didn't think so. In fact, she regarded her body as her only weapon, the only weapon that could compete with the power in Frank's hands. Both body and power are dangerous goods in the realm of reason, but we usually think that the body is more destructive to order, because power can be controlled after all, but the body is difficult. Another explanation behind this is that the body is assumed to be a female body, while power is naturally associated with males. Females are usually considered emotional, while males are reasonable. This simple dualism almost shapes So it’s hard to imagine what kind of world we will see if we jump out of this induction method. Frank is a devout power believer. From this point, it can be judged that he is an absolute patriarch. Respect for women is only a good manner of upper class society, and has never been their mode of operation. The women around him, Clair, Zoe, and his secretary Nancy, none of them really play a female role. Clair is a partner instead of a wife, Zoe is a puppet instead of a lover, let alone Nancy, he and everyone around him Human relationships are actually power relationships, and this power relationship covers the relationship between the sexes. But unfortunately, human beings are complicated, dualism cannot explain, nor can the survival rule of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. People who use body or power as a weapon may not be able to win a war. This may be because this is not just a war. In the mutual relationship between the two people, each other's advantages and disadvantages, gains and losses, are constantly being redefined and fiercely fighting. At the same time, they have often lost their position.
Another important aspect of Frank’s patriarchy is patriarchy. Although he is not a father himself, his relationship with Zoe is very Electra. During the period of Father’s Day, Zoe called his father and lied while talking to Frank. Lingering, patriarchal or father’s role is what she tries to avoid and be independent from. Frank has asked her many times whether her parents know his situation in DC, why she didn’t seek financial support from her parents, etc. Zoe denies it sternly, but the fact is that she has found the blessing of Frank's patriarchy in DC. Frank played the role of a father in their relationship, suppressing and at the same time indulging. His possession of Zoe's body is both legal and taboo. When Zoe first decided to end their sexual relationship, the two met at the National Gallery and sat in front of Mary Cassatt's famous painting "The Little Girl in a Blue Armchair". The little girl is the symbol of Zoe, and the father is here. He was deprived of his seat, so it made sense for Frank to force Zoe to continue their relationship.
Compared to Frank and Zoe, Clair is a richer character, she is almost a mixture of Frank and Zoe. Her female identity has been weakened in some aspects, while in others it has been deliberately strengthened. Clair strayed into a cemetery during the morning run and was scolded by old grave-sweepers. The cemetery certainly symbolizes death, and for Clair, menopause means the death of her female identity, which is probably more serious than real death. What she fears, on the one hand, is that she has experienced three painful abortions and wants a child, and more importantly, her female identity, and the elegant, tasteful, related to female identity, Labels such as supportive and generous are her important means to capture men and gain social recognition, or a powerful cover for her desires and ambitions equal to men. If Frank and Zoe’s weapons are power and body, Clair’s weapons are undoubtedly It's her image. In fact, the green tea bitch is not terrible. What is really scary is the "hardcover bitch" like Clair. The green tea bitch is a bit spit out at most, and when the hardcover bitch is up, a bill may not pass, and green tea. Compared with the bitch, the self-marketing of the hardcover bitch is simply higher than an unknown number of ranks. The green tea bitch quotes Zhang Xiaoxian at most during the estrus. The junior hardcover bitch is to talk about Wittgenstein and Andy Warhol, while the advanced hardcover bitch A bitch like Clair no longer needs to pretend to pack herself, her name is the icon, and she speaks for the hardcover bitch. Unfortunately, but also fortunately, hardcover bitches love scum, and they can’t play with scum and are likely to be killed by scum. People who worship power are played by those who hold power, and those who hold power are played by power. Die, this is probably the biological chain of the center of power. I have to admit that Clair is a character I despise. There are two reasons. First, Frank’s driver and bodyguard had a terminal illness. Before he died, she confessed to Clair. She reached into the quilt and asked him if this was what he wanted. This behavior is so cruel and inhumane, her bullying appears very cowardly; secondly, she went to Zoe’s house to ask for guilt. I despise all the wives who asked Xiaosanxing’s guilt, very hopeless, directly let Clair's image of goddess disappear, if you A man who has no backbone or capital to admonish, or simply leaves you, doesn’t have to tell outsiders about you. I’ve known this kind of bullshit. It’s more cowardly to go directly from Zoe’s house to New York to find an old lover, and see her essence at a glance. Still a woman. In fact, it is never the body, but the power that breaks the order of marriage. The man in the marriage holds the initiative of the whole event, and the woman in the marriage is not blind to this point, they are just bullying and fearing hard work.
If you use gender to analyze the house of cards, I am afraid that many entry points can be found. For example, in the capital DC, the relationship between politics and the media is as ambiguous as men and women, and women’s politics also have their own ways of playing. Have you noticed that Zoe’s apartment is also oval.
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