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• Inability to Accept Class and Gender Roles

  Cross is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in modern and contemporary drama. In this essay she discusses Miss Julie's inability to live within the gender and class roles imposed on her by society.

• The Camera and the Aesthetics of Repetition Strindberg's Use of Space and Scenography in Miss Julie, A Dream Play, and The Ghost Sonata

  Citing the playwright's background as a photographer and filmmaker, Rokem explains the stagecraft techniques employed by Strindberg in writing Miss Julie.

• Two Crazy, Mixed-up Kids

  Calling Strindberg's drama "more a pathological curiosity than a clear and moving play," Gibbs nevertheless offers a positive appraisal of this 1956 production.

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3. Miss Julie: August Strindberg Biography
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9. Miss Julie: Essays and Criticism
   1. Inability to Accept Class and Gender Roles
   2. The Camera and the Aesthetics of Repetition Strindberg's Use of Space and Scenography in Miss Julie, A Dream Play, and The Ghost Sonata
   3. Two Crazy, Mixed-up Kids
10. Miss Julie: Compare and Contrast
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