great works ii – 2850 jta 12:25-2:05: love letters from the world

“That very difference-of man and woman.”

“And it is due to my father’s training that I have learned to scorn my own sex. Between them both they have made me half man, half woman.”

Strindberg is trying to express that women are inferior to men. Through both of the quotes, one can see that the Strindberg is trying to show how men and women are not equals. In the very beginning Miss Julie states that there is a difference. In the second quote she essentially is saying that it would have been better to be a man, and how she picked up on attributes that a man would have. Strindberg makes it clear on where he believes women roles in society are. He even says in the story that Miss Julie strived best in the kitchen, essentially saying that thats all women are good for. I think Strindberg’s term half- woman is a way of saying that women aren’t full beings. They are not capable of doing what men could do. Ultimately making them inferior.