“All that is well enough, but Jean–you must give me courage.
Take me in your arms and tell me that you love me.”
“I can’t go–I can’t stay. Help me, I’m so tired–so weary.
Command me, set me in motion–I can’t think any more,–can’t act—“
Stringberg sees women as being subordinate to men and are will never catch up to them in a real parallel race. He says that woman think that they are equals to men but in reality, they are not. The half woman propels herself forward and tries to “add more value” to herself to rival the power, agency, influence, and even the wealth of men. However, throughout the story, Stringberg has been hinting that woman are in a way, dependent on men. The first quote shows that Julie is emotionally dependent on her valet, Jean. She needs his companionship and acknowledgement of love in order to continue. In the second quote, it seems that Julie is somewhat emotionally unstable. This quote is highly dramatized and emphasized on her unstable emotional and physical standpoint, thus showing that she is not capable to continue what she was doing. In addition, she is looking for guidance (from Jean) and somebody to alleviate her problems. Stringberg portrays Julie as being inferior and physically and emotionally reliant on her male counterpart, Jean. Stringberg’s comments are highly, negatively critical of women and he endorses gender stratification.
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m.to1 // Mar 19th 2016 at 1:59 am
I think the two quote you picked were perfect. Both of the quote had the same idea going on with asking Jean to help a dramatic Miss Julie. The first quote focuses on embracing the idea of continuing while the second quote is the thought of giving up and quitting. Both of them is asking Jean to take control because Jean has become the dominant figure between Jean and Miss Julie. She is asking for Jean to take action because she hereafter cannot.
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