Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
46 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
‘There’s a large Japanese spice-jar with flowering lilacs.’
|
Exoticness, Christine's resourceful nature.
|
|
|
‘Above the door there is a large old fashioned bell and ...speaking tube’
|
Presence of the Count throughout the play
|
|
|
‘Jean comes in wearing livery...large pair of riding boots....which he puts down so it can be seen’
|
Count's presence - shows Jean's position as well.
|
|
|
‘Miss Julie slaps him in the face with her handkerchief’
|
Flirting coquettishly
|
|
|
The pantomine
|
Serves to break up the play as Strindberg intended, as well as showing the activities Christine goes through.
|
|
|
Miss Julie drinking Beer
|
Shows class and gender confusion
|
|
|
Jean moves forwards intending to seize her round the waist and kiss her
|
Blatant attempt at control which MJ rejects after goading him to do so.
|
|
|
Bird Cage / Bird death
|
Symbolic of Miss Julie's entrapment as well as foreshadowing her death.
|
|
|
‘She looks lost and desperate. She takes out her powder puff and powders her face.’
|
Trying to regain her honor and become who she was before as well as obtaining some form of control.
|
|
|
Jean ‘takes a cigar, cuts it and lights it.’
|
Shows his control and his sense of being above all else.
|
|
|
‘She drinks some wine then holds out her glass for more.’
|
Obviously ruffled, attempting to quell worries through drinking, behaving like a commoner.
|
|
|
‘kiss my shoe!’
|
Attempting to gain control once more as well as flirting and being demanding.
|
|
|
Jean ‘takes out his purse and throws a silver coin on the table’
|
Possibly biggest sign of disrespect - aids to break down MJ's belief of her strengths
|
|
|
Hymn-book
|
Shows Christine's belief in religion as well as the morals she follows - contrasting with her adulterous nature.
|
|
|
'Jean is seen whetting his razor on a strap, which he holds by his teeth and left hand; he listens to the conversation and nods in agreement now and then’
|
Shows masculine nature and aggression as well as passively hearing MJ's attempts - doesn't care
|
|
|
‘The bell rings twice. Miss Julie jumps up, Jean changes his coat.’
|
Immediate impact of the Count's arrival - fear of something more powerful than they are.
|
|
|
The sunlight has now reached the floor and shines on Jean.
|
Enlightenment? Realization of position? Showing him in his true light? A manipulative chauvinist?
|
|
|
‘Miss Julie walks out through the door’
|
Death
|
|
|
MJ and Jean's relationship
|
Their relationship is based upon the efficient utilization of the other rather than the facade of passion that they preach
|
|
|
Their relationship is simply a game for power
|
As Miss Julie talks about him “playing” and then he refers to the “role I’ve played in this seduction”
|
|
|
“you dog, who wears my collar”
|
In the beginning MJ has the upper hand and exploits this
|
|
|
“that’s why I am looking for a partner who can advance me the money”
|
Jean simply attempting to use MJ for her connections and her standing in the world.
|
|
|
Jean leads her to her death with barely any physical movement
|
the realization of how she’s actually ‘fallen’, has been used, and not only has she lost her individual dignity, also the shield of her social standing.
|
|
|
”D’you think I’ve never had a fuck before?”
|
Change of diction marks Jean's utter disrespect for MJ
|
|
|
"he’s the person I respect the most in this world”
|
Jean holds the Count in an almost godlike position
|
|
|
The start of the play shows Jean beginning and ending with a strong connection to the Count
|
At the beginning, doing his work, at the end, afraid of the Count
|
|
|
Jean and Christine's relationship is connected through MJ
|
They met at the workplace, their conversation revolves around MJ
|
|
|
Jean controls Christine - a big positive in his perception of her
|
She looks after him, he tells her what to do etc.
|
|
|
Christine isn't fond of MJ
|
She sexes Jean, she isn’t elegant, doesn’t embrace her ‘role’ and standing in society and isn’t a god following woman.
|
|
|
"No one can say that I’ve been messing around with the groom or the pig-keeper!”
|
Christine's ultimate feelings towards MJ - adds to MJ's desperation and feelings of failure.
|
|
|
“Midsummer’s eve”
|
The play occurs throughout one romantic night of magic. The mysticism surrounding the night leads to MJ's death
|
|
|
‘She rubs her hands as if she were warming them before a fire’
|
The end of the play: MJ and the ray of light that shines on Jean - shows her need for warmth and comfort, can't get from anyone
|
|
|
‘Faint violin music at a distance in schottische time’
|
Shows the merriment outside while Christine goes through her boring pantomine
|
|
|
‘The CHORUS approach, singing’
|
They mark the relationships that are going on between all of the characters. Vulgar. MJ doesn't understand - leads to them sexing.
|
|
|
Miss Julie ‘screams convulsively’
|
The lack of pity from Jean leads her to freak out. Her ultimate failure as a woman of her standing has come to her realization
|
|
|
Jean ‘takes out a notebook and pencil; counts aloud now and then’
|
Another pantomine - obviously intends to carry out this plan at various points. He's in as much turmoil as MJ
|
|
|
The sounds of the Count walking above Christine and Jean
|
Causes great panic and worries
|
|
|
‘Two sharp rings on the bell’
|
Further realization of the things which have occurred - marks the time for MJ to go and commit suicide.
|
|
|
"Miss Julie's quite crazy tonight; absolutely crazy!"
|
Sets the audience up for the fast paced development of action
|
|
|
Miss Julie
|
August Strindberg, 1888
Naturalistic tragedy, 90 Minutes of continuous action - nothing to break the illusion |
|
|
The Set
|
Small and claustrophobic
Shows MJ's time spent in working class section and Jean's inability to escape. |
|
|
The reception
|
Took 16yrs to be produced because it was so shocking
"Filthy" "A heap of ordure" "Debauched" "Totally repellent" |
|
|
Strindberg's ambiguous reasons for MJ's crazy behaviour
|
Period
Her own nature/ degenerate brain Crazy mother Suggestive factors [bird etc] Father's bringing up of MJ Father's absence Suggestive nature of night Chance |
|
|
"Servant, footman, stand up when I speak!"
"Servant's slut, footman's whore, shut your mouth and get out of here!" |
MJ trying to recover her status.
Fail. |
|
|
"I'd love to see the whole of your sex swimming in a lake of blood"
|
MJ hatred of men revealed.
|
|
|
"You dog who wears my collar, you labourer's son who wears my coat of arms on your buttons."
|
Attempting to show her power once more in a huge rant.
Still fail. |
