the preface to Miss Julie - 2024 PLAYTIME

Question

Note: Description acceptable. This essay rebukes criticism for writing tragedies that are “too sad” by positing that the joy of life comes from watching “modern characters” struggle with complex motivations. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this naturalist manifesto whose meditations on class include a discussion of the “slave mentality” expressed by Jean’s worship of the Count. This essay calls a work’s title character a “man-hating half-woman.”

ANSWER: the preface to Miss Julie [or the Author’s Forward to Miss Julie; accept synonyms such as prologue or or introduction in place of “preface”]

[10e] This Swedish playwright put forward a vision of modern naturalist theater in the preface to his play Miss Julie.

ANSWER: August Strindberg [or Johan August Strindberg]

[10m] Strindberg identifies Jean’s worship of the Count via a pair of these objects, which are present on stage throughout the play together with a pair of gloves. Estragon takes off one of these objects at the start of Waiting for Godot, whose title may have been inspired by French slang for these objects.

ANSWER: boots [prompt on shoes]

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2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU	12/10/2024	Y	5	18.00	60%	100%	20%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont	12/10/2024	Y	5	12.00	80%	40%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard	04/26/2025	Y	4	15.00	75%	75%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU	10/26/2024	Y	8	12.50	75%	38%	13%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest	12/10/2024	Y	4	20.00	75%	75%	50%
2025 PLAYTIME Online	04/26/2025	Y	9	18.89	78%	67%	44%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	7	15.71	71%	86%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ UBC	10/05/2024	Y	8	16.25	75%	63%	25%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech	07/11/2025	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU	10/12/2024	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%

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Michigan A	Ohio State D	0	10	10	20
Pittsburgh	Michigan D	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	Ohio State A	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	Ohio State B	0	0	10	10
Ohio State C	Oberlin	0	0	10	10
UCLA B	Art of Premature Signaling	0	0	10	10
P.C.‚ Daniel‚ Michel‚ and Jason B	Caltech	0	10	0	10
girl 15 whale i mean they	Claremont A	0	10	10	20
Claremont B	UCSB	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UCSD	0	10	0	10
Billy's Bastion	Keeping Up With the Cardassians	0	10	10	20
Qin Shi Huang's Immortality Poison	Edwin Laundrorat's Long-Lost Man Unclothès Rat Degrosses	0	10	10	20
BU	Brandeis	0	0	10	10
Belmont	Brown	0	10	10	20
Harvard	MIT	0	10	10	20
RIT	Lexington	0	10	0	10
NYU A	Haverford A	10	10	10	30
George Mason A	Johns Hopkins A	0	10	10	20
Maryland A	Haverford B	0	10	0	10
NYU C	Rutgers	0	10	0	10
Maryland B	CWRU	0	10	0	10
Georgetown	Catholic University of America	0	10	0	10
George Mason B	Johns Hopkins B	0	0	0	0
George Washington	NYU B	0	0	10	10
Arizona State University B	UW A	0	0	10	10
Alberta	UW B	10	10	10	30
2 Italians, 2 Poles, All Noles	Egypt Airlines Haters	0	0	10	10
Auburn 2026	mongeese	10	10	0	20
Free Agents 1	Gruh	10	10	0	20
Goober Gang	Mike Dukakis Tank Battalion	0	0	0	0
Notre Dame + Epic Games	Illinois Orange	0	10	10	20
Mahjonng Masters	evil women enjoyers	0	10	10	20
MSJ	Monsieur Hulot's Academic Team	0	10	10	20
Quatumvirate	we need new names	10	10	10	30
Trip-Hop Quizzer Tricky	Four Generalists in Search of a Power	10	10	10	30
Cambridge	LSE	0	10	10	20
Birmingham	Edinburgh	0	0	0	0
Sheffield A	Imperial B	0	10	10	20
Imperial A	Sheffield B	0	10	10	20
Lancaster + Sheffield C	Sheffield C	0	10	10	20
Warwick B	Warwick A	0	10	10	20
Warwick C	Manchester	0	0	10	10
McGill A	UBC	0	10	10	20
Simon Fraser	McGill B	0	0	0	0
Toronto E	Toronto A	0	0	10	10
Waterloo C	Toronto B	0	10	0	10
Toronto C	Mac A	10	10	10	30
Toronto Metropolitan	Guelph	0	10	0	10
Waterloo A	Ottawa A	0	10	10	20
Waterloo B	Toronto D	10	10	10	30
Adrianne Lenker 4 Nobel Lit Prize 2K65	4 quizbowl pros go Virginia on North Carolina	0	10	10	20
Ashurbanipal’s Drag Race	Master and Margaritaville	0	10	10	20
Somehow Paula Deen Returned	Even in Blacksburg There I Am	0	10	10	20
Truman State	Chicago A	0	10	10	20
Illinois A	Illinois C	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	SIUE	0	10	0	10
Missouri	Illinois B	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	WashU Bulbasaur	0	10	0	10
Arizona State University A	South Dakota School of Mines	10	10	10	30
Carleton	Washington Connections	0	10	0	10
Project2025BC: Make Assyria Great Again	Too much from you lately	0	10	10	20