Essays Tagged: "Miss Julie"
Play response:Strindberg's "Miss Julie"--incls:Title-Author-Nationality-Period and Setting-Synopsis-Unique Elements of Playwright's Style-Production Challenges/Problems
Title: Miss JulieAuthor: August StrindbergNationality: SwedishPeriod and Setting: Sweden in the late 1880's ... g: Sweden in the late 1880's (87 or 88) on Mid Summer's Eve. The action all takes in the kitchen of Miss Julie's father, the Count's manor house.Synopsis: The play begins with Jean the Valet gossiping ... the Count's manor house.Synopsis: The play begins with Jean the Valet gossiping with Kristin about Miss Julie's wild behavior specifically that night and more generally since her broken engagement th ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
August Strindberg "Miss Julie", dramatic elements, synopsis, analysis
Miss JulieBy: August StrindbergJoe WilsonTheatre History IIGENRE: Naturalistic TragedySETTING: Midsu ... sets it in motion - and something else that sets the hand in motion . . ." (JEAN).DRAMATIS PERSONAE:Miss Julie, 25, daughter of the CountJean, 30, a valetKristin, 35, a cook.Chorus of peasantsRoles fo ... f the Count are busy with their revelry. Jean enters to report to Kristen the unseeming behavior of Miss Julie. Miss Julie enters and forces Jean to return to the peasant's dance and dance with her. L ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
A compare and contrast of Ibsen and Strindberg and their view on women
see that their views on women are not that different. In Ibsen's A Doll's House and in Strindberg's Miss Julie it looks as if the women are mere objects. The women appear more like puppets or toys to ... ing no remorse for Julie after she must suffer the consequences of him and her sleeping together in Miss Julie. He simply dismisses her and claims nothing, knowing that she is now ruined. He is convin ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Discuss the role of women in Strindberg's plays.
In the preface to his play Miss. Julie, Strindberg states that a modern woman who tries to be equal to a man, "implies a retro- ... e his name synonymous with misogyny. In this essay I will discuss how this becomes apparent in both Miss Julie and The Father.In Miss. Julie, Miss Julie herself is the play's twenty-five-year-old hero ... ngagement, which was ruined because of her attempt literally to train her fiancé like a dog; Miss Julie has become "absolutely crazy" (p 76, Strindberg), making shameless advances to her valet, ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
"It's man versus woman all day long, endlessly" (Strindberg). To what extent is this supported by your reading of Miss Julie?
erg). Do I agree with this statement after having read the play? The representation we get of young Miss Julie through the gossips from the outset shows the plays investment I her degeneracy and ruin. ... e gossips from the outset shows the plays investment I her degeneracy and ruin. Strindberg portrays Miss Julie as being hysterical which was considered to be a female sickness in his days.The setting ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Discuss how Ibsen and Strindberg present the protagonists’ relationship in ‘a dolls house’ and ‘Miss Julie’. How far do you agree that Nora overcomes yet Julie succumbs to male dominance?
Discuss how Ibsen and Strindberg present the protagonists' relationship in 'a dolls house' and 'Miss Julie'. How far do you agree that Nora overcomes yet Julie succumbs to male dominance?In both " ... do you agree that Nora overcomes yet Julie succumbs to male dominance?In both "A Doll's House" and "Miss Julie" the playwrights gradually reveal a clearer presentation of the dynamics between the coup ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American