A fertile woman who belongs to Commander Fred.

Fate and Free Will/ Knowledge and Wisdom

Selfishness and Exploitation.

"Not" the life story of a teenage boy who gets kicked out of his 4th school and ends up in a mental hospital.

Several of his works were considered "scandolous" in his era of strict family morals and propriety. His plays were written in Danish and then translated.

Some may say he is insane. Others may say he is just a teenager.

Incomprehensibility of the world

Hope and Enlightenment

A woman is captured and forced to have kids in a totalitarian government. Constant flash backs emphasize the cruel treatment of woman under the regime.

His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in one of his most famous characters made one of his books widely popular and extremely controversial.

Nicknamed "Didi" by his friend.

Femininity/Social Class/Identity

Harvest or death

A boy tries to avenge his father's death and pretends to be insane. Eventually he does avenge his father but, he dies and so does his girlfriend.

One of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived.

Killed his brother and married his sister-in-law

The American Dream/Love

Purity

After her family home is almost burned down, a young girl is taken in by a family and begins to love "whiteness". Eventually she moves back in with her broken family and is constantly reminded that she is "ugly".

An Irish American playwright. His plays were known to be poetically titled and also first to include speeches in American vernacular.

Complete opposite of her close friend. Perfect example of what a woman "should" be. Centers her life around domestic duties.

Marriage/Equality

The Holy Trinity

A housewife realizes late in her marriage she is nothing more than another trophy to her husband who only cared about social image and appearance. An outburst of her husbands about a blackmail letter opens up her eyes to see that she was wasting her life

She is now considered to have been a forerunner of the feminist authors of the 20th century. Most of her work is based off of sensitive, yet intelligent women.