August Strindberg

Melissa Wong
March 11, 2015
Andrew Forrester
DISC 1313
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I decided to do some deeper research on Midsummer’s Eve in Sweden, and also on the author, August Strindberg. This research provided more context for the play and also shed some light on Strindberg’s writing and beliefs. Strindberg’s life and experiences can be seen as influences in his writing, most notably his misogyny and rocky home life. Midsommarafton in Swedish, this holiday originally celebrated the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice. Normally…

Gender roles appear to be directly related and shaped by sexuality in August Strindberg´s novel, It essentially depicts how females may initially defy social norms but will eventually give in to their sexual desires hence become inferior again. In Miss Julie the female and male roles are questioned constantly, and ultimately Strindberg humiliates women that attempt to transcend their conventional gender norms through Julie. The interactions between Miss Julie, a high class female and Jean, her…

August Strindberg’s play ‘Miss Julie’ is a master playwright that has been the basis of critical controversy. Written during summer in 1888, the play was censored entirely in Europe during the late Nineteenth Century. The play was believed to deal with situations that were deemed as socially offensive. As much as the play presents a dramatic method which is characterised by an urge to experiment, the innovation Strindberg sought to cultivate were designed with having a social and moral agenda in…

did not take her responsibility. She wanted her husband to take the blame which isn’t entirely wrong. Strindberg wrote,” Then comes the tarantella scene, which is introduced in order to throw a distorting light upon Helmer. The audience forgets that Nora is a hussy whom Helmer treats as a sensible woman, and is only allowed to see Helmer treating her merely as a doll.” (849). I agree with Strindberg; many people don’t see is to view the matter from Torvald perspective. After being crystal clear…

Naturalistic Play Synopses The Father (W: 1887; P: 1887) Strindberg, August (1849-1912) Translated by Edith and Warner Oland 1912 Source- Strindberg, August. The Father. Edited by Edmund R Brown. Translated by Edith Oland and Warner Oland, Boston International Packet Library, 1912. Characters- Eight cast members total. Three women, four men, and the orderly’s gender is never specified. A Captain of Cavalry Laura- his wife Bertha- their daughter Doctor Östermark The Pastor The Nurse…

August Strindberg in the play ‘Miss Julie’ communicates the complicated and conflicted mind of the character Miss Julie through her actions in the play. Despite her materialistic fortune, her parents’ absence throughout her life, her mother’s lies, and rejection of her as a girl & a daughter shapes her into an empty shell of a person. The story reveals her effort to escape the cipher of her being as she ‘uses’ Jean and in the end commits suicide, in order to not be a nothing even if it means to…