The Pelican (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: August Strindberg
- First Published: 1907
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Mythic
- Time of Work: The early 1900’s
- Setting: Indeterminate, but probably Sweden
- Genres: Naturalistic literature, Drama, Psychological drama, Mythological literature, Symbolist literature
- Subjects: Mothers, Parents and children, Guilt, 1910’s, Good and evil, Cruelty, Fire, Sweden or Swedish people, Isolation, Hunger
- Locales: Sweden
Characters Discussed
The Mother, Elise, a newly widowed matriarch of a lower-class Swedish household. The Mother considers herself a model of motherhood because of the self- sacrifices she has endured on behalf of her husband and children. Actually, however, her life is a fabric of lies intended to conceal her own extravagance and indulgence. She has eaten well and kept warm while her children have virtually starved and frozen. She does not deny this history to herself, yet she shows no remorse and continues to insist on a frugality that perpetuates hunger and ill health. She...
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August Strindberg (Cyclopedia of World Authors)August Strindberg (Long Fiction)August Strindberg (Drama)August Strindberg (Dictionary of World Biography)
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