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More Research on Ms. Julie
Ms. Julie - August Strindberg
Ms. Julie Characters:
Julie - The play's twenty-five-year-old tragic heroine, she is doomed to a cruel demise. Fresh from a broken engagement—an engagement ruined because of her attempt to master her fiancé—Miss Julie has become "wild", making shameless advances to her valet, Jean. Miss Julie's behavior is supposed to signal sickness. Raised by a shockingly "feminist" mother, Julie is simultaneously disgusted by and drawn to men. She wants to enslave men, but she also desires her own fall.
Jean - The other major character of the play, Jean is the manor's thirty-year old valet, chosen as Miss Julie's lover on Midsummer's Eve. Though initially coarse, he pretends to be gallant when seducing Miss Julie. His cruelty reveals itself after he has slept with her. Jean suffers from class envy. He simultaneously idealises and degrades Julie. Eventually, he becomes a sadist, revealing in Julie's ruin.
Christine - Christine is the manor's thirty-five year old cook and Jean's fiancé.
Diana - Miss Julie's dog, she is said to look like her mistress.
Serena - Miss Julie's canary, she is beheaded by Jean.
My teacher also said that Ms. Julie was performed by a theatre company that represented Ms. Julie as a 19 year old girl. This production was directed and adapted by Simon Stone and was performed in the Belvoir theatre in Sydney.
My depiction is similar to that of the Belvoir production, however Julie in my piece is not 19, she is around 23 years of age.
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