Surrender or Resistance —Interpretation of Miss Julie’s Individuation from the Perspective of Jungian Archetype Theory

Authors

  • Shisi Chen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56028/aehssr.3.1.190

Keywords:

Miss Julie; Jung; persona; shadow; individuation.

Abstract

Miss Julie by Strindberg is a typical naturalistic tragedy. It tells the story that after the one night stand between a French Count’s daughter Miss Julie and her servant Jean on a midsummer night, which brought her a change of identity, Miss Julie, unable to face the reality, chose to end her life by suicide. Based on Jung’s archetypal theory, this paper analyzes the process of Miss Julie’s individuation from childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Through the interpretation of the process of Miss Julie’s individuation, this paper analyzes the influence of archetypes (Ego, Persona, Shadow, Anima) on her psychological growth in different stages and the female subjectivity of her psychological contradictions, so as to make sure whether her suicide is surrender or resistance.

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Published

2023-02-01