Strindberg's Representation of Anxiety in The Father: Between Naturalistic Determinism and Existential Indeterminism.
(Strindberg [41], 36) At the end of Act II, Laura succeeds in crushing the Captain, and in a last act of desperation, the Captain throws a lamp at Laura before he surrenders: he regresses to a helpless, childlike state; renounces his own manhood; pathologizes himself; and implores mercy for his life...
| Published in: | Scandinavian Studies Vol. 94; no. 3; pp. 261 - 281 |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Fall2022
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