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| Miss Julie | ||||||||
| 14 January 2012, Sammukh, 6:00 pm | ||||||||
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Playwright: Johan August Strindberg |
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| Strindberg’s Miss Julie is a naturalistic play dealing with class, love, lust, and the battle of the sexes. Set on a night of 1874 on the estate of a Count in Sweden, Miss Julie attempts to escape an existence cramped by social mores and have a little fun. She dances at the servants’ annual midsummer party, where she is drawn to a servant named Jean, who is particularly well-traveled, well-mannered and well-read. On this night, their relationship which had so far been flirtatious, escalates into one of sexual intimancy. Over the course of the play, Miss Julie and Jean battle for control, which swings back and forth between them, until Jean convinces her that the only way to escape her predicament is to commit suicide. The plot is primarily concerned with power in its various forms. Miss Julie has power over Jean because she is upper-class; Jean has power over her because he is male and uninhibited by aristocratic values; and the Count, has power over them both. | ||||||||
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