... particular the rise of his misogynist attitudes and his mental health condition. Strindberg believed that women were an inferior form, which can be seen through reading his preface to the play where he states: "She (Miss Julie) is the victim of false belief - namely that woman - this stunted form of human being compared to man, the lord of creation, the creator the civilization - is equal to man or might become so."1 As is clear from this quote, Strindberg believed fervently in the inferiority of women to men. The character of Julie is what Strindberg would describe as a 'half-woman'; she does not know her place in society and attempts to dominate a male. Strindberg's drama focuses on the downfall of the aristocrat, Julie, a misfit in her society. Julie, like Antigone, rebels against the restrictions placed on her as a woman and as a member of the aristocratic. From the ...

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