As the three women in the play, how do the roles of <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Character" href="https://www.supersummary.com/the-balcony/major-character-analysis/#121388">Irma</a>, <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Character" href="https://www.supersummary.com/the-balcony/major-character-analysis/#121389">Carmen</a>, and <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Character" href="https://www.supersummary.com/the-balcony/major-character-analysis/#121392">Chantal</a> differ?

Does The Balcony have a hero? Why or why not?

Despite the play’s <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Literary Device" href="https://www.supersummary.com/setting/">setting</a> in a brothel, sexual acts seem peripheral to the power fantasies of the men who use the prostitutes. What is the significance of this?

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