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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

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Johan August Strindberg, a Swede, wrote psychological realism of noted novels and plays, including Miss Julie (1888) and The Dance of Death (1901).

Johan August Strindberg painted. He alongside Henrik Ibsen, S酶ren Kierkegaard, Selma Lagerl枚f, Hans Christian Andersen, and Snorri Sturluson arguably most influenced of all famous Scandinavian authors. People know this father of modern theatre. His work falls into major literary movements of naturalism and expressionism. People widely read him internationally to this day.


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丕賱噩乇賷賲丞 丕賱賲毓賳賵賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇鬲賰亘賴丕 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 兀卮丿 賮鬲賰丕 賲賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲賷 賷毓丕賯亘 毓賱賷賴丕 丕賱賯丕賳賵賳 賵匕賱賰 賱兀氐丨丕亘 丕賱兀賳賮爻 丕賱胤賷亘賴 賮賯胤
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賲賳 賲賳丕 賱賲 賷乇鬲賰亘 匕賳亘丕 賲丕貙 亘賮毓賱貙 兀賵 賯賵賱貙 兀賵 賰賱賲丞責
賲賳 賲賳丕 賱賲 賷丐賳亘賴 囟賲賷乇賴 毓賱賷 賮毓賱 賲丕 賳丿賲 毓賱賷賴 亘毓丿 匕賱賰貙 賵鬲賲賳賷 賱賵 兀賳賴 賱賲 賷賮毓賱賴 賯胤貙 兀賵 賱賲 賷賯賱 賴匕丕 丕賱賰賱丕賲 賯胤責
賲賳 賲賳丕 賱丕 鬲夭丕賱 氐賮丨鬲賴 賳丕氐毓丞 丕賱亘賷丕囟 丿賵賳 禺丿賵卮 丕賱夭賲賳貙 賵鬲噩丕毓賷丿 丕賱匕賳賵亘貙 賵賳丿賵亘 丕賱兀賷丕賲貙 賵禺乇亘卮丕鬲 鬲兀賳賷亘 丕賱囟賲賷乇責
賲賳 賲賳丕 賱賲 鬲丐乇賯賴 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱賱賵丕賲丞 賱賷賱丕 責
賷丕丕丕賴 .. 毓賱賷 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 氐毓賵亘丞 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱賱賵丕賲丞貙 廿賱丕 兀賳賴丕 賳毓賲丞 賲賳 丕賱賱賴貙 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 囟賲賷乇賰 賲爻鬲賷賯馗丕貙 賷賵禺夭賰 賲賳 賵賯鬲 賱丌禺乇貙 賵賷賱賵賲賰 毓賱賷 禺胤丕賷丕賰 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞貙 丨鬲賷 鬲賳賵賷 丕賱鬲賵亘丞貙 賵鬲鬲賵噩賴 廿賱賷 丕賱賱賴 毓夭 賵噩賱 賱賷賱 賳賴丕乇 亘丕賱丕爻鬲睾賮丕乇貙 賱丕 賲賱噩兀 廿賱丕 廿賱賷賴 爻亘丨丕賳賴貙 丨鬲賷 賮賷 賱丨馗丕鬲 毓鬲丕亘 丕賱賳賮爻 毓賱賷 丕賱禺胤丕賷丕 賵丕賱匕賳賵亘貙 賱賷爻 賱賳丕 爻賵丕賴

賮賷 丕賱賲爻乇丨賷丞貙 賰賱 賲賳賴賲 賱賴 禺胤丕賷丕賴 .. 丕賱禺胤丕賷丕 丕賱賲購毓賱賳丞貙 賵丕賱兀禺乇賷 丕賱禺賮賷丞貙 鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 賷毓賱賲 毓賳賴丕 爻賵賷 丕賱賱賴 毓夭 賵噩賱貙 賵丕賱囟賲賷乇 丕賱匕賷 賷鬲丨丿 賲毓 丕賱匕丕賰乇丞 賵丕賱夭賲賳貙 賮賱丕 賷丿毓 兀丨丿丕賸 賲賳賴賲 賷賴乇亘 亘賲丕囟賷賴 賲賳 丨丕囟乇賴 兀亘丿丕
賮丕賱賲丕囟賷 丨丕囟乇 賮賷 丕賱禺丕胤乇
賵丕賱噩乇賷賲丞 賱丕 鬲賰賮 毓賳 胤乇賯 亘丕亘 丕賱毓賯賱 賵丕賱賯賱亘 賵丕賱亘丕賱 .. 賵賴賳丕賰 賲賳 鬲毓丕賷卮 賲毓 禺胤賷卅鬲賴貙 賵賴賳丕賰 賲賳 丨購爻賳鬲 兀禺賱丕賯賴 亘爻亘亘 賳丿賲賴 毓賱賷 賲丕 賮丕鬲貙 賵賴賳丕賰 賲賳 賱賲 賷鬲賵賯毓 兀亘丿丕 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 賮賷 賱賷賱賶丞 賵囟丨丕賴丕 賲賳 兀氐丨丕亘 丕賱噩乇丕卅賲
賮丕賱賰賱 賴賳丕 亘賷賵鬲賴賲 賲賳 夭噩丕噩貙 賵丕賱賰賱 賷丨賲賱 賮賷 賷丿賷賴 丕賱丨噩丕乇丞 乇睾賲 匕賱賰

廿賳 丕賱禺胤賷卅丞 鬲兀鬲賷 亘毓賯丕亘賴丕
賵賱賳 賷賮賱鬲 兀丨丿 賲賳 噩乇賷賲鬲賴貙 丨鬲賷 賵廿賳 爻購鬲乇鬲 毓賳 兀毓賷賳 丕賱賰賱

廿賳 兀氐毓亘 丕賱噩乇丕卅賲 鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 賷毓乇賮 毓賳賴丕 丕賱賯囟丕賴 卮賷卅丕貙 亘賱 鬲毓乇賮賴丕 囟賲丕卅乇賳丕貙 賵鬲鬲匕賰乇賴丕 噩賷丿丕貙 賵賴賷 賲賳 丕賱匕丕賰乇丞 亘丨賷孬 賱賳 鬲丿毓賳丕 賳賳爻丕賴丕

鬲丨囟乇賳賷 毓亘丕乇丞 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賱賮賵賱鬲賷乇
"賱賷爻 賲賳 賲噩鬲賲毓 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 賷亘賯賷 亘丿賵賳 毓丿丕賱丞貙 賱賳亘卮乇 廿匕賳 亘廿賱賴 毓丕丿賱貙 賵廿匕丕 賰丕賳鬲 賯賵丕賳賷賳 丕賱丿賵賱丞 鬲毓丕賯亘 丕賱噩乇丕卅賲 丕賱賲毓乇賵賮丞貙 賮賱賳亘卮乇 廿匕賳 亘兀賳 丕賱賱賴 賷毓丕賯亘 丕賱噩乇丕卅賲 丕賱賲噩賴賵賱丞 "

賵賳賽毓賲 亘丕賱賱賴
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丿賵爻鬲丕賳 賲蹖禺賵丕蹖賲 丿乇亘丕乇賴 芦噩乇賲 丿丕乇蹖賲 鬲丕 噩乇賲禄 丕夭 芦丕爻鬲乇蹖賳丿亘乇诏禄 氐丨亘鬲 讴賳蹖賲. 蹖賴 賳賲丕蹖卮 丿乇噩賴 爻賴 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 卮乇賵毓 丌孬丕乇 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴鈥屫� 讴丕乇 亘蹖卮 賵 讴賲 禺賵亘蹖 賲丨爻賵亘 賲蹖卮賴.
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趩丕乇趩賵亘 丕孬乇 亘卮丿鬲 禺丿丕賲丨賵乇 賵 亘乇丕爻丕爻 丿賵乇蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 丕夭 禺丿丕 賵 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖 禺丿丕 胤乇丕丨蹖 卮丿賴. 亘爻蹖丕乇 禺亘....賯亘賵賱. 倬爻 賲蹖鬲賵賳蹖賲 亘倬匕蹖乇蹖賲 讴賴 丿睾丿睾賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 禺賵亘賴責 讴丕賲賱丕 賲蹖倬匕蹖乇蹖賲.賲禺氐賵氐丕 丿乇 夭賲丕賳賴 丕蹖 丕亘夭賵乇丿 夭丿賴 丕蹖賳 丕孬乇 亘卮丿鬲 讴丕乇亘乇丿蹖 賵 亘丿乇丿亘禺賵乇賴.
丕诏乇 爻丕禺鬲丕乇 乇賲丕賳 爻賴 噩夭 亘丕卮賴 貙 爻丕禺鬲丕乇 賳賲丕蹖卮 趩賴丕乇 噩夭卅蹖 賴爻鬲 讴賴 蹖賴 噩夭 丿蹖诏賴 芦丿蹖丕賱賵诏 賳賵蹖爻蹖禄 賴爻鬲.

賯氐賴 賲鬲賳丕爻亘 亘丕 丨噩賲 丕孬乇 賴爻鬲 丕賲丕 賲鬲賳丕爻亘 亘丕 丕丿毓丕 賳蹖爻鬲.賲禺氐賵氐丕 丕賵丕爻胤 丕孬乇 亘卮丿鬲 丿蹖賳 夭丿賴 賵 诏賲卮丿賴 丿乇 禺賵丿卮 賲蹖卮賴.丿蹖丕賱賵诏 賴丕 賯丿乇鬲 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 亘丕 賲禺丕胤亘 乇賵 丕夭 丿爻鬲 賲蹖丿賳 賵 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖卮賳 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕 讴賲蹖 鬲蹖倬蹖讴丕賱 亘卮賳. 丕蹖賳 鬲蹖倬 卮丿賳 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕 丕匕蹖鬲 讴賳賳丿賴鈥屫池�.趩賵賳 讴賴 賲丕 丕賵賱 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丿丕卮鬲蹖賲.丨丕賱丕 鬲蹖倬 丿丕乇蹖賲.
倬丕蹖丕賳 丕孬乇 貙 鬲丕 賲乇夭 賮丕噩毓賴 卮丿賳 倬蹖卮 賲蹖乇賴 丕賲丕 賯丕亘賱 鬲丨賲賱 賲蹖卮賴. 丕诏乇 卮禺氐 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘賴 賲賳 亘诏賴 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丕孬乇 乇賵 亘賴 丿爻鬲賵乇 讴賱蹖爻丕 賳賵卮鬲賴 賲蹖倬匕蹖乇賲 讴賴 倬丕蹖丕賳 亘丕卮賴. 賵诏乇賳賴 馃憥.

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賲丨鬲賵丕蹖 丕孬乇蹖 讴賴 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 賲毓賳丕蹖 丕賳爻丕賳蹖賴 賵丕亘爻鬲賴 亘賴 倬丕蹖丕賳 丕孬乇賴.賲毓賳丕蹖 丕孬乇 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳... 亘蹖 卮讴..... 賮丕噩毓賴鈥屫池�.
賮乇丿蹖 讴賴 丕夭 禺丿丕 乇賵 亘乇诏乇丿賵賳丿賴 賵 胤蹖 丨賵丕丿孬蹖 丿賵亘丕乇賴 賲蹖乇賴 爻乇丕睾 讴賱蹖爻丕. 倬爻 禺丿丕 趩蹖. 丌蹖丕 禺丿丕 丿乇 賲丨賱 毓亘丕丿鬲 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇賴責 賲賳 賴賲蹖卮賴 诏賮鬲賲 亘丕夭賲 賲蹖诏賲 禺丿丕 賴賲賴 噩丕 賴爻鬲 丕賱丕 丕賵賳噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿丕乇賳 毓亘丕丿鬲卮 賲蹖讴賳賳.
禺丿丕 丿乇 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 丿乇 讴賱蹖爻丕爻鬲 賵 丕孬乇 亘丕 丕蹖賳 丿蹖丕賱賵诏 鬲賲賵賲 賲蹖卮賴 讴賴 芦賲蹖禺賵丕賲 亘乇賲 讴賱蹖爻丕禄.
丕蹖賳 禺蹖賱蹖 亘丿賴.
趩乇丕责
丿乇 賲噩賲賵毓 賳賲丕蹖卮 芦噩乇賲 丿丕乇蹖賲 鬲丕 噩乇賲禄 丕孬乇 芦丌诏賵爻鬲 丕爻鬲乇蹖賳丿亘乇诏禄 丕孬乇 亘丿蹖 賳蹖爻鬲. 丕賲丕 倬丕蹖丕賳 賮丕噩毓賴 亘丕乇蹖 丿丕乇賴.
丕賲蹖丿賵丕乇賲 丿乇 丕丿丕賲賴 賲爻蹖乇 禺賵丕賳卮 丌孬丕乇 丕蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 卮丕賴丿 丕蹖賳噩賵乇 賮噩丕蹖毓 賳亘丕卮賲.
鬲乇噩賲賴 丌賯丕蹖 芦賲丨賲賵丿 诏賵丿乇夭蹖禄 毓夭蹖夭 賴賲 禺賵亘 亘賵丿.
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Maurice, a young Parisian playwright. Assured that his play will be a success, he promises to marry Jeanne, his mistress. She gives him a tie and gloves to wear on the opening night. That afternoon, he meets Henriette, the mistress of his friend Adolphe. Although he is falling in love, he has a presentiment of evil. His play is a triumph, but Maurice, instead of going to the celebration party, meets Henriette, who declares her love and throws Jeanne鈥檚 gifts into the fire. Planning to flee with Henriette, Maurice visits his daughter Marion. After his visit, the child is found dead, and he and Henriette are arrested for murder.....


in one of the scenes Maurice say to Henriette :you who stir up man's
courage with your scent of blood, whence do you come and where do
you lead me? I loved you before I saw you, for I trembled when I
heard them speak of you. And when I saw you in the doorway, your
soul poured itself into mine...he left Jeanne with all her kindness and her love to him to join Henriette who happened to be a criminal..and has no conscience even ask what this word mean?.he find this evil woman attractive......there was something in common between them....
Astarte, now you demand the sacrifice of women.
You shall have them, but if you ask for innocent children, too



Maurice ask her if she has been in love with Adolphe

she said I don't know. The goodness of his nature drew me like
some beautiful, all but vanished memory of childhood. Yet there
was much about his person that offended my eye...


this conversation happened just before his daughter died...

HENRIETTE. The child! Another woman's child! And for the sake of
it I am to suffer. Why must that child block the way where I want
to pass, and must pass?

MAURICE. Yes, why? It would be better if it had never existed..!

this play raise the question if someone desperately wanted to commit acrime ,and it happened,without him being involved....does he still be a criminal?
and if someone commited acrime and is not punished for it,will his torments of conscience and Constant Feeling Of Guilt be more torturing to him than he have ever punished for his crime...?
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爻鬲乇賷賳丿亘乇噩 賵丕丨丿丕 賲賳 賰鬲丕亘賷 丕賱賲賮囟賱賷賳 賵丕毓鬲亘乇賴 丕賱賯賲丞 亘賷賳 賰鬲丕亘 丕賱賲爻乇丨貙 賵賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 - 亘睾囟 丕賱賳馗乇 毓賳 賲囟賲賵賳賴 丕賱匕賷 賯丿 賷禺鬲賱賮 丕賱亘毓囟 毓賱賷賴 - 賰丕賳 賵賰丕賱毓丕丿丞 賲鬲賲賰賳丕 亘卮丿丞 賲賳 兀丿賵丕鬲賴 丕賱賲爻乇丨賷丞貙 賲賳 丨亘賰丞 賵毓乇囟 賱賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵鬲胤賵乇 賱賱丨丿孬 賵睾賷乇賴丕貙 亘噩丕賳亘 賯賵丞 丕賱毓丕胤賮丞 丕賱賲賳賯賵賱丞 亘賱睾丞 賮賷 賲賳鬲賴賶 丕賱噩賲丕賱 - 賲鬲乇噩賲丞 亘毓乇亘賷丞 噩賲賷賱丞 - 賮賯胤 丕賮鬲賯丿鬲 丕賱賲爻乇丨賷丞 賱毓賳氐乇 丕賱鬲噩乇賷亘 賵丕賱鬲噩丿賷丿 丕賱匕賷 賷賲賷夭 丕毓賲丕賱 爻鬲乇賷賳丿亘乇噩 丕賱兀賰孬乇 賯賵丞.
賰賱賲丞 兀禺賷乇丞 賱賲丨亘賷 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕貙 丕賱賲爻乇丨賷丞 賲賳 丿賵賳 賳賴丕賷鬲賴丕 鬲亘丿賵 毓賲賱丕 賲孬丕賱賷丕 賱賱賲禺乇噩 丕賱爻賵賷丿賷 丕賱兀卮賴乇 丕賳睾賲丕乇 亘乇睾賲丕賳.
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396 reviews42 followers
January 23, 2015
Crimes and Crimes is a play focusing on a successful playwright who abandons his mistress and child for another woman. The child mysteriously dies, which causes susupicion that the playwright or his new mistress killed her in order to "get the weight off". While this is indeed an interesting focus, I have to say that I didn't like it as much I would have in theory because I have an issue with the charcters. Who am I supposed to feel bad for? Who am I supposed to think of as a scumbag? I'm not sure if Strindberg does this intentionally, but I am sure of one thing: it didn't really work for me. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to ever sympathize with Maurice (the playwright) because to me, he seems vile- he leaves a mistress that he promises to marry only to get with another woman with intention to marry her. Isn't that awful?

Honestly, Strindberg. I feel like I've read so many average plays from him- he's been a bit disappointing in the long run.
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693 reviews160 followers
February 22, 2020
There is no question that 鈥� as sure as winter nights in Sweden are cold 鈥� August Strindberg focused in his plays on human frailty. The great Swedish dramatist crafted relentlessly realistic stories of modern life, and frequently showed overconfident people making ill-informed choices and then suffering unforeseen consequences. And Strindberg鈥檚 1898 play There Are Crimes and Crimes follows squarely in that tradition.

Set in Paris, There Are Crimes and Crimes sets forth the situation of a young playwright named Maurice, who as the play begins is on top of the world: his new play, which will open that night, is expected to achieve both critical and popular success. Flush with the glow of his success, Maurice seems somewhat neglectful of his mistress Jeanne -- poor and uneducated, but faithful -- and of their five-year-old daughter Marion.

Maurice鈥檚 neglect for his mistress and daughter becomes outright negligence when Maurice meets Henriette, the mistress of his painter friend Adolphe; Maurice and Henriette immediately become infatuated with one another. Never mind Jeanne and Marion, and never mind that Henriette is already the mistress of Maurice鈥檚 friend, the painter Adolphe; the passion of Maurice and Henriette is immediate and absolute. Disregarding the disapproval of Madame Catherine, an older lady who has seen this sort of thing unfold before, Maurice and Henriette plan to run off together.

Maurice realizes at some level the immorality of what he is preparing to do to Adolphe, saying, 鈥淵es, here we are making ourselves out as white as angels, and yet we are, taking it all in all, capable of any kind of polite atrocity the moment glory, gold, or women are concerned.鈥� Henriette, who fancies herself a sculptor, idolizes Maurice鈥檚 newfound literary success, telling Maurice that to sculpt a bust of him 鈥渉as long been my cherished dream.鈥� Once Maurice鈥檚 play has succeeded, Henriette crowns him as if he were a king, and expresses resentment at the very existence of Maurice鈥檚 daughter Marion. Maurice, who enjoys being idolized by this beautiful and passionate young woman, goes so far as to express a wish that the prior commitments represented by mistress Jeanne and daughter Marion were somehow out of the way. Both people seem self-focused, and unrealistic in their expectations, and the playgoer might expect things not to turn out well.

And indeed, they 诲辞苍鈥檛 turn out well. A sudden and tragic event instantly deprives Maurice of the success and adulation that he had so recently enjoyed. An anguished Maurice, finding himself suspected of a foul crime, reflects upon the deep and absolute qualities of his fall from greatness: 鈥淔orgive me! But all the same I am without guilt. Who has tied this net from which I can never free myself? Guilty and guiltless; guiltless and yet guilty! Oh, it is driving me mad鈥︹€� Henriette, confessing to elements from her past for which she herself feels guilty, suffers the additional indignity of being mistaken by detectives for a sex worker plying her trade; and as the two suffer the absolute rejection of Parisian society, she finds herself saying to Maurice, 鈥淲e鈥檒l go into the river now, won鈥檛 we?鈥�

But There Are Crimes and Crimes does not end with a dual suicide at the Seine. Another dramatic reversal restores to Maurice much of what he had lost; a local abb茅 who knows the situation acknowledges the depth of Maurice鈥檚 suffering, but insists to Maurice that 鈥測ou were not innocent. For we have to stand responsible for our thoughts and words and desires also.鈥� The romantic-minded Henriette, who seems to have enjoyed rebellion against social standards for rebellion鈥檚 own sake, is admonished to 鈥淏reak off your career as an artist, for the only thing that led you into it was a craving for freedom and fun 鈥� as they call it. And you have seen now how much fun there is in it.鈥�

The play鈥檚 resolution seems to suggest religious faith as a way out of the moral wilderness in which Maurice and Henriette find themselves. But Strindberg鈥檚 call to religious observance is not of the 鈥渙ne true faith鈥� variety. Madame Catherine says of churchgoing that 鈥渢here鈥檚 so much to look at, and then there is the music. There is nothing commonplace about it, at least.鈥� For Strindberg, the point seems to be that through religion, a human being can put him- or herself in the presence of something better and higher, and that that process alone can be redemptive.

Those themes of guilt and redemption suffuse There Are Crimes and Crimes. Adolphe, who serves as a sort of moral center for the play, states at one point that 鈥淭here are crimes not mentioned in the Criminal Code, and these are the worse ones, for they have to be punished by ourselves, and no judge could be more severe than we are against our own selves.鈥� In the same vein, Adolphe later suggests that conscience 鈥渋s the horror inspired in our better selves by the misdeeds of our lower selves鈥�; and it seems clear that Strindberg wants the viewer or reader of There Are Crimes and Crimes to engage in serious and stern reflections on 鈥渃rime,鈥� conscience, and the possibility of redemption in his or her own life.
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823 reviews39 followers
March 13, 2021



"丕賱噩乇賷賲丞 丕賱賲毓賳賵賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇鬲賰亘賴丕 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 兀卮丿 賮鬲賰丕 賲賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲賷 賷毓丕賯亘 毓賱賷賴丕 丕賱賯丕賳賵賳 賵匕賱賰 賱兀氐丨丕亘 丕賱兀賳賮爻 丕賱胤賷亘賴 賮賯胤"

" 丕匕丕 鬲丨賵賱 丕賱丨亘 廿賱賷 賰乇丕賴賷丞 賮賱丕 賷毓賳賷 匕賱賰 廿賱丕 卮賷卅丕賸 賵丕丨丿丕賸 丕賱丕 賵賴賵 丕賳 賴匕丕 丕賱丨亘 賰丕賳 賮丕爻丿丕賸 賲賳 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 "
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1,386 reviews51 followers
July 26, 2018
The first play I鈥檝e read from Strindberg that didn鈥檛 seem melodramatic or overly vicious in portraying the 鈥渂attle of the sexes.鈥� Instead, this play (a 鈥渃omedy鈥�) shows the battle within: the 鈥渃rimes鈥� of the mind/spirit that exist outside the reach of human justice but still torture us with guilt, and the 鈥渃rimes鈥� of the flesh (whether they be cheating, lying, or even murder) that bring about legal and social consequences. The comedy, I assume, is in the final scene, in which spiritual redemption 鈥渨ins,鈥� but only when material gain is impossible. When it is suddenly made possible again, then we provide any rationalization necessary to have our cake and eat it -- take our penance in stride as we keep right on sinning. In the end, this play is every bit as harsh and biting as Strindberg鈥檚 early work, but at least it was easier for me to digest in (very dark) 鈥渃omic鈥� form.
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233 reviews4 followers
June 2, 2024
"if we had to answer for our thoughts, who could then clear himself?" Strindberg explores what a "guilty mind" looks like in absence of the deed itself. What's the moral state of the criminal without a crime?

It's a neat question with some fun ambiguity here in our interpretation of what happened, but...a comedy?! (it's subtitled such) A kid dies and at the end it's like, "oh, well, kids die all the time." Now that he wasn't actually at fault for child murder and only messed around with talking about infidelity, it must be just a barrel of laughs.

I guess it's a comedy because he wasn't actually a murderer? Dark, Strindberg.
560 reviews12 followers
December 30, 2018
Wasn鈥檛 sure what to think of this. The main character was such a deadbeat. I get that the point of him is that he was a jerk... but I feel like the narrative was sympathetic to him in the end, and I was not. I do think the ending was an appropriate way to convey the theme of the story... but I feel like the guy got off too easy
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January 20, 2022
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March 9, 2022
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March 13, 2025
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275 reviews47 followers
December 12, 2013
I was rather disappointed by the ending of this otherwise brilliant drama.
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