Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.04 AVERAGE
3.04 AVERAGE
Ugh this is really where author intention comes into play
Because the play itself is interesting, and I thought it had some really interesting commentary on class and gender. But knowing Strindberg wanted the reader to leave feeling like Julie is irrational and stupid because she's a woman and women are naturally inferior to men (no joke, that's literally what he says in the foreword), it's kind of ruining it. Even if I didn't interpret it that way, the knowledge that that's how the author wrote the characters is still looming.
Because the play itself is interesting, and I thought it had some really interesting commentary on class and gender. But knowing Strindberg wanted the reader to leave feeling like Julie is irrational and stupid because she's a woman and women are naturally inferior to men (no joke, that's literally what he says in the foreword), it's kind of ruining it. Even if I didn't interpret it that way, the knowledge that that's how the author wrote the characters is still looming.
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This guy tried to say Ibsen stole his female characters? Ibsen at least liked women. Read the Neil LaBute adaptation and this play is nonsensical in the Jazz Age. Worse than the characters being vile, they didn’t make any sense. No ones motivations were actually clear at all. Everyone goes from being a pure villain to a pure saint in a matter of seconds.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence
Misogynistic garbage like this is too painful to read to enjoy. Strindberg was an asshole and this play is disgusting.
I hated it. I don't even want to think about Strindberg. Get him out of my face.
misogynistique.............. but the directorial possibilities
I feel I cannot rate this play at the moment because despite the fact that it threw me into fits of feminist rage with its awful, misogynistic slut-shaming, it is also a fantastically written play. Strindberg sets the stage and builds the tension of the play deftly which is why I hope against hope that he was just hyperbolizing with his "I am a man and by default better than you, woman" rhetoric.
Usch, talk about unlikeable characters!
Usch, talk about unlikeable characters!
challenging
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes