Spring's Awakening by Frank Wedekind
Eine Kindertragödie
Set in a repressive late-19th-century German town, the play follows a group of adolescents—especially the questioning, intellectual Melchior, the naive Wendla, and the troubled Moritz—whose emerging sexuality and emotional confusion collide with adult hypocrisy and ignorance. Misunderstandings, secret encounters, and a lack of honest guidance lead to catastrophic outcomes: Moritz’s academic collapse and suicide, Wendla’s pregnancy and death after a crude termination, and Melchior’s exile and condemnation, exposing the human cost of silence and repression. The work is a stark, unsparing critique of bourgeois morality and an exploration of adolescence, sexuality, and the devastating effects of social and parental neglect.
- Published
- 1891
- Nationality
- German
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- 80-120 pages
- Original Language
- German
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- Alternate Titles
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- Frühlings Erwachen
- Spring Awakening
- The Awakening of Spring
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