Reflective Stayement
Reflective Statement on August Strindberg's 'Miss Julie'
Question: How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed throughout the interactive oral?
Work Used: August Strindberg's 'Miss Julie'
Through the interactive oral session and the researching for it, some new information which I didn't know was brought to light, which I hadn’t fully identified with before. The group I was in talked about various things such as cultural and social context of the naturalist tragedy, the struggles he the author himself had gone through and how Strindberg showed the difference between the gender and class. A vivid indication is when Miss Julie was quite surprised to hear Jean speaking French as during those times it was considered highly intelligent to know a foreign language. Another example could be when you see the clothing difference between Jean and Miss Julie and Miss Julie as fine holiday clothing while Jean is wearing his livery. Miss Julie reminded us several times herself during her conversation with Jean about the class difference, which created the effect where whenever they both were seemingly at same level, the reader is still consciously reminded of the statues of the characters . While considering all of his you can still see that Jean knows if place in the society but ignoring that factor still admires himself. Social classes were very important to understand the connections as the characters are put pressure upon to live by class norms as to what was expected of them accordingly.
The gender difference is also a big issue in this play. During those times it was not acceptable for a young girl from such a reputed family to get lured by a man belonging to the lower class such as servants. Jean takes the advantage from this situation by gaining all the power over Miss Julie. It is in fact very assuring to believe in the fact that both their feeling at the same level but throughout the novel the character’s
Question: How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed throughout the interactive oral?
Work Used: August Strindberg's 'Miss Julie'
Through the interactive oral session and the researching for it, some new information which I didn't know was brought to light, which I hadn’t fully identified with before. The group I was in talked about various things such as cultural and social context of the naturalist tragedy, the struggles he the author himself had gone through and how Strindberg showed the difference between the gender and class. A vivid indication is when Miss Julie was quite surprised to hear Jean speaking French as during those times it was considered highly intelligent to know a foreign language. Another example could be when you see the clothing difference between Jean and Miss Julie and Miss Julie as fine holiday clothing while Jean is wearing his livery. Miss Julie reminded us several times herself during her conversation with Jean about the class difference, which created the effect where whenever they both were seemingly at same level, the reader is still consciously reminded of the statues of the characters . While considering all of his you can still see that Jean knows if place in the society but ignoring that factor still admires himself. Social classes were very important to understand the connections as the characters are put pressure upon to live by class norms as to what was expected of them accordingly.
The gender difference is also a big issue in this play. During those times it was not acceptable for a young girl from such a reputed family to get lured by a man belonging to the lower class such as servants. Jean takes the advantage from this situation by gaining all the power over Miss Julie. It is in fact very assuring to believe in the fact that both their feeling at the same level but throughout the novel the character’s