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Answer one of the questions below:

  1. What is the effect of the many small scenes? How might this affect a performance of the play? How could it be staged?

  2. It's often difficult to place this piece; it's very modern, but it's also a mix of several elements (some traditional, some novel). What role does religion play in the work (account for the various biblical quotations)? What is the purpose of inserting the folk songs? the parables?

    Note: you might discuss the view that the play anticipates existentialism. You could also point out elements of naturalism/determinism, Romanticism, realism and social protest.