Miss Julie Study Guides, Literature Essays

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  • Miss Julie

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    Miss Julie is a one-act, naturalistic play set in Sweden on Midsummer's Eve. Miss Julie is the daughter of a count. Despite her higher social class, she dances with the servants and flirts with Jean, a valet. Julie and Jean's flirting is actually a battle for power and control. Their battle is made more complicated when they sleep together. The two make a plan to run off together, but are stopped by Kristine, the cook. With Jean's help, Miss Julie decides that her only option is suicide.

  • Commentary on The Lottery

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    Things Are Not Always What They Seem The underpinnings of Shirley Jacksons famous post World War II story The Lottery demonstrate that the work is far greater than the sum of its parts The date of the lottery its location and the symbolic or ironic names of its characters all work to convey a meaning that is even more disturbing than the shock created by its well known ending namely that despite assurances during the late 1940s that it couldnt happen here a microsomal holocaust occurs in this s

  • Hedda's Character in Hedda Gabler

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    Discuss the character of Hedda in Hedda Gabler The drama opens as Hedda Gabler and her new husband George Tesman return from their six month honeymoon to their new home Although Hedda has not yet appeared we are given vital clues about the coldness of her nature from the other characters conversations Firstly we learn that Berthe the maid is scared she wont give satisfaction to the young mistress because shes ever so particular Miss Julie Tesmans Aunt in agreement replies of course she is Gener

  • The Aspects of Hedda Gabler's Character

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    Hedda Gabler a play by Henrik Ibsen paints the true colors of the main character Hedda Tesman A newlywed and aging socialite Hedda intersects with long ago lovers and passed enemies Throughout the play a canvas of Heddas personality surfaces and admirable and appalling characteristics of her emerge During many portions of the play Hedda sheds her good girl mask and her true colors leak through One instance is when Julie Tesman comes to visit her nephew after their year long honeymoon and takes

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