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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThe writer of this thesis would like to discuss one
of Strindberg's plays whose title is The Dance of Death .
In Introduction to Drama it is said that Strindberg often
gives bad characters to female characters and he condemns
them at the end of his stories.As a result,he is
labelled as a "misogynist."Relating to Strindberg's
label,the writer is encouraged to prove that Strindberg's
label as a "misogynist"is not suitable in this play.She
bases her analysis on Harriet Bosse's statement.Bosse
states that actually Strindberg delineates his characters
logically and objectively.Bosse's statement has also
become the writer's belief and the writer tries to prove
it by analyzing the conflicts,the characters,and the
setting.
The Dance of Death tells about a disharmonious
marriage in the main characters.The main characters
always tries to torment each other and no one wants to
yield.As a result they live in misery.The male
character always thinks that he is better than the others
and he harms people who have close relation to him such as
his wife and his wife's cousin.He imprisons his wife in
a tower and harms his wife's cousin's life socially and
economically.Meanwhile,the female character always
prays for the death of her husband and she always tries to revenge on him.
The writer sees that the miserable marriage in the
main characters is caused by both of the male and the
female characters.Besides,both the male and the female
characters have bad qualities so that the writer sees that
Strindberg's label as a "misogynist"is not suitable in
the play of The Dance of Death.