Analysis Of The Father And Miss Julie, By August Strindberg

1.1 General Overview
Theatre is an encompassing comprehensive art for which includes other forms such as the music and fashion (Theatre Projects Consultants, 2016). It is a leading art form with a complex entity which is dependent on the intricate interaction of ideas, text, characters, and performance. From the diverse elements of these theatrical mixes, the most important ones mostly evident in plays are idea, characters, conflict, dialogue, and construction (Weijdom, 2016). For centuries, play scripts have been significantly potent as social-cultural commentary for each respective era of authors. In actual performance, they have invariably been used by the play writers as a platform in expressing their personal visions, ideas and philosophies. These embodied the values and principles they believe which can be broadcasted through the social components. This depends largely on the environment and the society to which they belong, together with the diverse cultures, and ethical traditions handed down from one generation to another. Moreover,
The best of August Strindberg’s plays were selected which include The Father and Miss Julie written in 1887 and 1888, respectively. The Father, written in 1887, is about the conflict of interest between The Captain and his wife, Laura. The Captain was an ex-military hero and a highly-respected scientist, who disagreed with his wife on how their daughter should be raised. His intention was to raise Bertha as an atheist in the city, while Laura plans a different path for Bertha (perhaps as an artist). However, the law of Sweden then prevented Laura's wishes about her daughter's future to be followed, so she schemes to make The Captain doubt his paternity over Bertha and later succeeds in making him lose his