Miss Julie

by August Strindberg

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Miss Julie Questions and Answers

Why is August Strindberg's play Miss Julie considered naturalistic?

Write a brief critical note on the preface of Miss Julie.

What is the cultural setting of Miss Julie?

How far is the main character of Miss Julie responsible for her own downfall?

What is a character analysis of Jean from Miss Julie? 

In the play Miss Julie, the title character at first scorns religion. Why then does she desire to have her sins forgiven at the end?

How important is the role of Kristine in Miss Julie?

In what manner does Julie's identity represent a critique of 19th century feminism in August Strindberg's Miss Julie ?

How does the Darwinist idea "survival of the fittest" relate to Strindberg's play, Miss Julie?

What was society's view of women in 1888 around the time of August Strindberg's Miss Julie?

What is the highest point of the play "Miss Julie" by August Strindberg?

To what effect are symbols employed in Miss Julie by August Strindberg?

What is a character analysis of Count in Miss Julie by August Strindberg? What is the significance of Count's boots?

How would you analyze the following quote from Miss Julie: "I'm falling, I'm falling! John. Fall down to my level and then I'll lift you up again afterward. Julie. What awful power dragged me down to you, the power which draws the weak to the strong?—which draws him who falls to him who rises"?

how does Darwin's theory help illuminate the potential meaning and effect of Strindberg's play?

How does Strindberg's idea of tragedy differ from that of his precursors and contemporaries?

Is it possible to use Marxist approach to analyse the text?

What country is Miss Julie set in? Is it in Sweden or is it in France?

What are the main ideas being presented in the preface for Miss Julie?

"In an attempt to usurp the male role and status, a female person is bound to fall. At the same time, accepting her own feminine  position, entitles tragic suffering." Discuss the above opinion with reference to Miss Julie by August Strindberg.

Why did August Strindberg give the play Miss Julie very complicated characters and somehow contradicted to the reader?

If I were to stage Strindberg's Miss Julie in the 21st century, what/how would I change to attract audiences of today's time? How would one go about staging Miss Julie for today's audience? Keep as is or change to adopt to 21century or another century to update the play. What are your recommendations.

What is the significance of the quote in the play Miss Julie "I'd love to see the whole of your sex swimming in a sea of blood just like that"?

How can I analyze sexuality in August Strindberg's play Miss Julie by focusing on aspects of performance, space and place, scenic elements, action, and movement?

What makes Jean reprimand Kristine for insulting Julie, after the cook finds that her mistress has disgraced herself with the valet?

How would you answer these character analysis questions for the character of Miss Julie?: 1. Who am I? (Name, age, physical traits, beliefs/values, backstory, etc.) 2. What time is it? (Year, day, etc.) 3. What is the significance that the time has on the character? 4. Where am I? (Country, city, location in my house, etc.) 5. What surrounds me? 6. What is happening in the environment around me? (Landscape, people, objects, etc.) 7. What are the given circumstances? 8. What are my relationships? Three Active Questions: 9. What do I want? 10. What’s in the way of getting what I want? 11. What do I do to get what I want?