Probing into Kramer vs克莱默夫妇剧中矛盾分析

Probing into Kramer vs. Kramer from the Perspective of Conflicts Appearing in 1979, this film is an epitome of American society at that time. However, there is one thing in this film that also suits contemporary society, that is inequality of gender. The public tend to stereotype women as inferior to men in such aspects as strength, competence, and social value. What is ridiculous is that this prejudice is not rare in America where feminist is the most prevailing in the world and human rights never cease being emphasized.

As far as I am concerned, there are two major conflicts throughout the film, one is the conflict between personal pursuit and family management. The Kramers are vivid examples of social people failing to balance between career and housekeeping. Mrs. Kramer, or we say Joanna, gave up her job to be a housewife for eight years. She was just like a vine twining about the tree trunk ,having no self-independence and self-esteem. As a woman of ambition and capability, she cannot stand her dream being suffocated, let alone at the cost of her sacrifices to the family being overlooked by her husband. That is why she decided to leave Ted and Billy. Speaking of Ted , absorbed in his work , he gave too little care to his wife and son. He should take some responsibility for the breakdown of the family.

Another conflict is between social requirements and personal multiple roles. For Ted, he is an employee as well as a parent. Though as an employee, he is “an extremely bright guy and has got a hell of a talent”, he was let go for walking out on a client during a major presentation to protect his bullied son, and for caring for his sick son caused his missing of the deadline which resulted in his company’s embarrassment and financial loss. The society put a lot of pressure on individuals regardless of how burdened one may feel .That is the cruel part of the society and human being cannot help but face up to reality .