The Dance of Death (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: August Strindberg
- First Published: 1901
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: Sweden
- Principal Characters: Edgar, Alice, Judith, Curt, Allan
- Genres: Realism, Drama, Psychological drama
- Subjects: Husbands, Wives, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Scandinavia or Scandinavians, Life, philosophy of, Sweden or Swedish people
- Locales: Islands, Sweden
The Story:
For twenty-five years Edgar, a captain in the Swedish coast artillery, and his wife Alice had lived an unhappy existence. Their unhappiness was caused by Edgar’s contempt for everyone else in the world; he thought of himself as a better being than others, even his wife, and he had made their marriage a tyranny. They lived on an island off the coast, where Edgar was the commanding officer of the artillery detachment. Living in an old prison, they avoided the other people of the island as well as officers of the post and their wives. Indeed, Alice was virtually a...
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