Pandora's Box

Pandora's Box PDF Author: Frank Wedekind
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528468398
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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Book Description
Pandora's Box: A Tragedy in Three Acts by Frank Wedekind is an exciting play premised on the pillars of greed and lust. Wedekind had written two plays on the central character, Lulu, of which this is the second one. The play tells the story of a woman in a male dominated society and is divided into three acts. It moves at a brisk pace, showing how Lulu has evolved as a person. Wedekind creates characters central to the protagonist's progress in life but not once does it feel as if the rest of the cast in this play is undermined. Each character, including Countess Geschwitz as Lulu's lover, Alwa as her husband or Jack in the final act are complex personalities that Wedekind deconstructs slowly over the course of the play. Transitions from each act into the next are full of intense drama and adrenaline rush. Pandora's Box: A Tragedy in Three Acts is in many ways, a revolutionary play. It showcases the struggles of a strong headed woman who stands up against the patriarchal stranglehold of society. Each male character in Lulu's life is portrayed in a manner which highlights their insecurities. In the end, Pandora's Box: A Tragedy in Three Acts is about sacrifice, seduction, lust and death. It hinges on the primal instincts of man and draws heavily from the way Wedekind understands the society he lives in. This is a highly recommended play for literature enthusiasts and general readers alike. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.