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* {{Foil}}: Kristin, the soundly ethical and christian spouse of Jean, has all the virtues Julie lacks.

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* {{Foil}}: Kristin, the soundly ethical and christian Christian spouse of Jean, has all the virtues Julie lacks.



** Jean, the french derivation of John (as in the Baptist, referred to in-play, and the evangelist, called the "apostle of love". The whole play takes place on the Eve of st.John).

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** Jean, the french French derivation of John (as in the Baptist, referred to in-play, and the evangelist, called the "apostle of love". The whole play takes place on the Eve of st.St. John).
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* GildedCage: If the symbol of the bird cage is anything to go for, this is Julie`s life in a nutshell.

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* GildedCage: If the symbol of the bird cage is anything to go for, this is Julie`s Julie's life in a nutshell.



** Jean, the french derivation of John (as in the baptist, referred to in-play, and the evangelist, called the "apostle of love". The whole play takes place on the Eve of st.John).
** Kristin, the spouse of Jean, is, of course, a devouted christian girl.

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** Jean, the french derivation of John (as in the baptist, Baptist, referred to in-play, and the evangelist, called the "apostle of love". The whole play takes place on the Eve of st.John).
** Kristin, the spouse of Jean, is, of course, a devouted christian Christian girl.



* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: There is a love triangle between Jean, Julie and Kristin. Kristin is a cook and is not wealthy, whereas Julie belongs to a wealthy family. {{Subverted|Trope}} because Julie actually does not own any money on her own and she has to steal her father when she plans to escape with Jean.

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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: There is a love triangle between Jean, Julie and Kristin. Kristin is a cook and is not wealthy, whereas Julie belongs to a wealthy family. {{Subverted|Trope}} because Julie actually does not own any money on her own and she has to steal from her father when she plans to escape with Jean.
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''Miss Julie'' (''Fröken Julie'') is a play by Swedish playwright Creator/AugustStrindberg. The play explores the exploitation between classes, and uses the DestructiveRomance device to its bitter conclusion.

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''Miss Julie'' (''Fröken Julie'') is a an 1888 play by Swedish playwright Creator/AugustStrindberg. The play explores the exploitation between classes, and uses the DestructiveRomance device to its bitter conclusion.

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* MeaningfulName: Jean, the french derivation of John (as in the baptist, referred to in-play, and the evangelist, called the "apostle of love". The whole play takes place on the Eve of st.John).

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Jean, the french derivation of John (as in the baptist, referred to in-play, and the evangelist, called the "apostle of love". The whole play takes place on the Eve of st.John).

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* LonelyDollGirl: Julie is variety of the trope. Her only confidant turns out to be a small bird in a cage.

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* LonelyDollGirl: Julie is variety a variant of the trope. Her only confidant turns out to be a small bird in a cage.



* MatchCut: The 1951 film has a cut from young Julie, dancing in a flashback with her doll, to the servants outside the mansion dancing around a bonfire.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Invoked by Julie when she realizes the full scope of her irresponsible behaviour.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Invoked by Julie when she realizes the full scope of her irresponsible behaviour.behavior.

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!! Tropes contained in the play:

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* DrowningMySorrows: Julie drinks heavily after finding out that Jean doesn't really love her, or not nearly as much as she loves him.
* EdgyBackwardsChairSitting: The relationship between Julie and Jean changes radically after he has sex with her, with her becoming more needy and he assuming a dominant role. This is underlined in a scene where Jean cockily sits in a backwards chair while Julie finishes her story of how her father wanted a boy.



* TheGhost: Julie's father never appears, but his boots are on stage. In the end, a bell rings to make clear he is back.

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* TheGhost: Julie's father never appears, but his boots are on stage. In the end, a bell rings to make clear he is back. (Averted in the 1951 film where the father appears in a long flashback.)

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* {{Flashback}}: The 1951 film features a flashback to the moment when Julie and her fiance broke up, an event only described in the play.

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* {{Flashback}}: The 1951 film features a flashback to the moment when Julie and her fiance broke up, an event only described in the play. Also, Julie's and Jean's various childhood memories, stories in the play, are shown in flashbacks in the film.


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* OldFashionedRowboatDate: Subverted in the 1951 film, in that it's Julie telling her employee Jean to row her out on the lake, although given all the flirting and sexual tension it's still basically a date.


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* WondrousLadiesRoom: Or Wondrous Rich People's Restroom. Jean describes sneaking into the garden of the estate when he was a boy, being intrigued by a little wooden building, going inside and being enchanted by the pictures of emperors and fine curtains--until he realizes it's an outhouse.

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It has been adapted for film and television many times. A 1951 version by Alf Sjöberg won the UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr, and featured a young Creator/MaxVonSydow in a minor role. In 2014, the play was adapted by Creator/LivUllmann into a film starring Creator/JessicaChastain and Creator/ColinFarrell.

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It has been adapted for film and television many times. A 1951 version by Alf Sjöberg won the UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr, and featured a young Creator/MaxVonSydow in a minor role.role as the stablehand. In 2014, the play was adapted by Creator/LivUllmann into a film starring Creator/JessicaChastain and Creator/ColinFarrell.


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* ThePeepingTom: In the 1951 film Julie peeps on Viola and the stablehand having sex in the stable.
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* TheOner: The 1951 film starts out with a two-minute shot of Julie staring out the window as the credits roll, framed next to that GildedCage bird of hers.
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* {{Flashback}}: The 1951 film features a flashback to the moment when Julie and her fiance broke up, an event only described in the play.

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It has been adapted for film and television many times. A 1951 version by Alf Sjöberg won the UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr, and featured a young Creator/MaxVonSydow in a minor role. In 2014, the play was adapted by Creator/LivUllmann into a film starring Creator/JessicaChastain and Creator/ColinFarrell.



* TheFilmOfThePlay: A 1951 film won the UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr. In 2014, the play was adapted by Creator/LivUllmann into a film starring Creator/JessicaChastain and Creator/ColinFarrell.
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* TheFilmOfThePlay: In 2014, the play was adapted by Creator/LivUllmann into a film starring Creator/JessicaChastain and Creator/ColinFarrell.

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* TheFilmOfThePlay: A 1951 film won the UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr. In 2014, the play was adapted by Creator/LivUllmann into a film starring Creator/JessicaChastain and Creator/ColinFarrell.
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* TheFilmOfThePlay: In 2014, the play was adapted by Creator/LivUllmann into a film starring Creator/JessicaChastain and Creator/ColinFarrell.
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* TheGhost: Julie's father never appears, but his boots are on stage. In the end, a bell rings to make clear he is back.

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* TheBeautifulElite: Julie, and her father the count. Jean, who was born a serf, longs for a better life. Subverted when it turns out Julie`s mother was not a noblewoman.

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* TheBeautifulElite: Julie, and her father the count. Jean, who was born a serf, longs for a better life. Subverted when it turns out Julie`s Julie's mother was not a noblewoman.



* DestructiveRomance: The play follows the trope to a T.
* DrivenToSuicide: Julie wanders off stage with a razor blade in her hand...

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* DefrostingIceQueen: {{Subverted|Trope}}. At first, we think Miss Julie is a cold RichBitch who is playing with her servant's feelings. In the end, we realize she was faking a cold demeanour and she is really in love with him. Conversely, we doubt about the reality of the feelings of Julien.
* DestructiveRomance: The play follows relationship between Julie and Jean is destructive for Julie who cannot face her family any more. In the trope to a T.
end, she is DrivenToSuicide.
* DrivenToSuicide: DrivenToSuicide:
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Julie wanders off stage with a razor blade in her hand... hand...
** Jean also pretends that he was driven to suicide when he realized as a child that Julie was unattainable.



* LoveAtFirstSight: Jean says he saw Julie when she was a child and fell immediately in love with her. Later, hhe says he made up the story.

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* LoveAtFirstSight: Jean says he saw Julie when she was a child and fell immediately in love with her. Later, hhe {{Subverted|Trope}} because later, he says he made up the story.



* RichBitch: Julie is haughty and commanding at first. After her sexual intercourse with Jean, things change.

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* RichBitch: Julie is haughty and commanding at first. {{Subverted|Trope}}, because this is just a façade. After her sexual intercourse with Jean, things change.we understand she is a fragile person who do not know how to behave.


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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Kristin quotes "the last shall be first" and "the eye of a needle".



* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: There is a love triangle between Jean, Julie and Kristin. Kristin is a cook and is not wealthy, whereas Julie belongs to a wealthy family. {{Subverted|Trope}} because Julie actually does not own any money on her own and she has to steal her father when she plans to escape with Jean.



* {{Yandere}}: Julie plays it big when she leads Jean on.

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* {{Yandere}}: Julie plays it big when she leads Jean on.on.
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* TheBeautifulElite: Julie, and her father the count. Jean, who was born a serf, longs for a better life. Subverted when it turns out Julie`s mother was not a noblewoman.

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\n* AmbiguousSituation: Is Jean really in love with Julie? He says he saw her when she was a child and fell in love with her. Later, he says he made up the story. The viewers cannot tell what the truth is.
* TheBeautifulElite: Julie, and her father the count. Jean, who was born a serf, longs for a better life. Subverted when it turns out Julie`s mother was not a noblewoman. noblewoman.
* BettyAndVeronica: Jean, meant to marry Kristin, is seduced by Julie, and is attracted to both. Kristin is someone of his class, a devout Christian and a sensible person. Julie is an emotionally instable aristocrat.



* GratuitousFrench: Julie likes to say some words in French. Jean also knows some French, since he worked in Switzerland.



* LoveTriangle: Jean, meant to marry Kristin, is seduced by Julie, and is attracted to both.

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* LoveTriangle: Jean, meant to marry Kristin, is seduced by Julie, LoveAtFirstSight: Jean says he saw Julie when she was a child and is attracted to both.fell immediately in love with her. Later, hhe says he made up the story.


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* RichBitch: Julie is haughty and commanding at first. After her sexual intercourse with Jean, things change.
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On the eve of st. John, a great public feast in Sweden, Miss Julie, the daughter of a wealthy count, fraternizes with the servants, dancing her ass off. Jean, the coach, comments that she is "out of her wits", and discusses this with Kristin, the cook, to whom he is betrothed. Julie herself arrives, and craves one more dance with him. During the following dialogue, we discover that he lusts for her, and she likewise for him. They even discuss eloping to Italy together. When she discovers she is slandered by the servants, she hides in Jean`s bedchamber. Guess what happens next.

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On the eve of st.St. John, a great public feast in Sweden, Miss Julie, the daughter of a wealthy count, fraternizes with the servants, dancing her ass off. Jean, the coach, comments that she is "out of her wits", and discusses this with Kristin, the cook, to whom he is betrothed. Julie herself arrives, and craves one more dance with him. During the following dialogue, we discover that he lusts for her, and she likewise for him. They even discuss eloping to Italy together. When she discovers she is slandered by the servants, she hides in Jean`s Jean's bedchamber. Guess what happens next.



* {{Yandere}}: Julie plays it big when she leads Jean on.


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* {{Yandere}}: Julie plays it big when she leads Jean on. \n\n
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'''Miss Julie''' (''Fröken Julie'') is a play by Swedish playwright Creator/AugustStrindberg. The play explores the exploitation between classes, and uses the DestructiveRomance device to its bitter conclusion.

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'''Miss Julie''' ''Miss Julie'' (''Fröken Julie'') is a play by Swedish playwright Creator/AugustStrindberg. The play explores the exploitation between classes, and uses the DestructiveRomance device to its bitter conclusion.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Julie wanders off stage with a razor blade in her hand...

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Invoked by Julie when she realizes the full scope of her irresponsible behaviour.



* SanitySlippage: When Julie has her HeelRealization, she almost loses it completely.

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* SanitySlippage: When Julie has her HeelRealization, she almost loses it completely. Lampshaded in the very first line of the play, by the way: "Miss Julie is crazy, completely bonkers".





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\n* {{Yandere}}: Julie plays it big when she leads Jean on.

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* TheTease: Julie enforces this trope quite prominently in the first act. She seems to drive Jean crazy on purpose.
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* OnlySaneMan: Come the third act, Kristin has to talk sense into both Jean and Julie.


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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Kristin was about to leave for church anyway, but she states that Jean and Julie can cope with their choices on their own, thank you.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Julie, and then Jean. After their intercourse, Jean flatly denies her the right to be haughty, and delivers a splendid TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. Later, he summarily kills her pet bird with an axe.
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!! Tropes contained in the play:

* TheBeautifulElite: Julie, and her father the count. Jean, who was born a serf, longs for a better life. Subverted when it turns out Julie`s mother was not a noblewoman.
* DestructiveRomance: The play follows the trope to a T.
* {{Foil}}: Kristin, the soundly ethical and christian spouse of Jean, has all the virtues Julie lacks.
* GildedCage: If the symbol of the bird cage is anything to go for, this is Julie`s life in a nutshell.
* LifeOfTheParty: Julie revels in it, and enjoys dancing and flirting with disastrous results.
* LonelyDollGirl: Julie is variety of the trope. Her only confidant turns out to be a small bird in a cage.
* LoveTriangle: Jean, meant to marry Kristin, is seduced by Julie, and is attracted to both.
* MeaningfulName: Jean, the french derivation of John (as in the baptist, referred to in-play, and the evangelist, called the "apostle of love". The whole play takes place on the Eve of st.John).
** Kristin, the spouse of Jean, is, of course, a devouted christian girl.
* SanitySlippage: When Julie has her HeelRealization, she almost loses it completely.
* ServileSnarker: Jean has his moments. So does Kristin.
* UptownGirl: Julie is a classical example.

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'''Miss Julie''' (''Fröken Julie'') is a play by Swedish playwright Creator/AugustStrindberg. The play explores the exploitation between classes, and uses the DestructiveRomance device to its bitter conclusion.

On the eve of st. John, a great public feast in Sweden, Miss Julie, the daughter of a wealthy count, fraternizes with the servants, dancing her ass off. Jean, the coach, comments that she is "out of her wits", and discusses this with Kristin, the cook, to whom he is betrothed. Julie herself arrives, and craves one more dance with him. During the following dialogue, we discover that he lusts for her, and she likewise for him. They even discuss eloping to Italy together. When she discovers she is slandered by the servants, she hides in Jean`s bedchamber. Guess what happens next.

After this, the tables turn, and Jean openly scorns her. She despairs and wishes to leave on the spot. When Kristin arrives, the debate is heating up even more, and it all ends in the open, with Julie leaving for her bedroom, Jean contemplating suicide, and Kristin just leaves the place.

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