Nora and Miss Julie were victims, and also products, of their societies. They share many similar psychological characteristics, but at the same time, they are complements of one another; when one went from black to white, the other turned from white to black. Both women swing between extremes. Both were happy or extremely depressed, poised or neurotic, determined or helpless, until the end of the plays. Both women verbally expressed these feelings in similar ways; …
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…little self-empowerment, even asking Jean to order her to do it. She is still confident that she is making the right choice. It is her way out, just as Nora's way out is the door to her house. Miss Julie is not experiencing one of her stronger emotions, as Nora was not. She is said to walk out strongly, with the idea that "the first shal! l be the last" (Act 3) haunting her. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**