Pandora’s Box (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Frank Wedekind
- First Published: 1904
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: The 1890’s
- Setting: Germany, Paris, and London
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Values, Sex or sexuality, Nineteenth century, Prostitution or prostitutes, Paris, Victims, Oppression, London, Bohemianism, Germany or German people
- Locales: Paris, France, London, England, Germany
Characters Discussed
Lulu, a twenty-year-old murderess and prostitute, married four times. She has had countless lovers. Lulu is the embodiment of unbridled female eros. Her fortunes rise and fall along with those of the men and women around her. Lulu’s ability to live a life of pure sensuality is put to the test. After her escape from prison after a year and a half of incarceration and illness, she is forced into a life of deceit, debauchery, and ruin. Her unscrupulous exploitation of Countess Martha von Geschwitz’s homoerotic feelings for her have led not only to her...
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