August Strindberg's "The Stronger " as Monodramatic Situational –Plot Structure : A Stylistic Study

Abstract

On the surface , there is nothing particularly complicated about Strindberg's monodramatic situational plot one – Act play structure ,"The Stronger ". Tow women- Tow actresses – run into each other in a restaurant on Christmas Eve . One is married and has been out shopping for presents for her family , the other is unmarried and is sitting alone in the restaurant reading magazines and drinking . We are told almost nothing about these tow women- they are not even important enough to have names ; Strindberg calls them simply Mrs. X. and Miss. Y. And , the entire play consists of nothing more than a single conversation between these tow women. There is no action , no real plot development , nothing particularly out of the ordinary . In fact , one of the woman – Miss. Y. does not even speak in the entire play ,i.e. Miss Y. maintaining her share in the development of the action by pantomime , facial expressions , and an occasional laugh , ( The Stronger ,P.: 22).