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Frank WedekindSpring Awakening: A Children’s Tragedy
Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1891A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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How do you square the message of personal responsibility for one’s actions and future in the final scene with the outsize harm the parents cause their children with their prudishness?
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Wedekind toys with ideas of fate and prophecy. How much power do people have in determining their fates? Is a self-fulfilling prophecy the same as fate?
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Examine Wedekind’s use of satire. How does he use it to support or to undermine his messages?
