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Strindberg was unhappy with a stage "destroyed by realism and naturalism" (Bark, 100) where the message of the play was lost in interminable intermissions and lengthy scenery changes. Strindberg wanted theatre to possess a musical quality, "to push the dramatic form past traditional conventions." (Conway, 2) The Chamber Plays "were written to transfer the idea of chamber music to the drama....Like music, the chamber plays were thematically and not structurally driven." (Conway, 2). His intent in conceptualizing and writing the Chamber Plays is therefore to transcend normal theatrical structure and present the play's message in a direct conduit to the audience, who would understand it without normal conscious mental structures. The theme of the play, surpassing its presentation, would connect directly to the soul of the viewer, surpassing his or her consciousness.

I need a nap.

Comment conservation:

ms_ntropy
[In highpitched Helium voice]
CONSCIOUSNESS!

copperbadge
*falls off chair laughing*

Dude, this paper is gonna be so much easier now that at the end of every paragraph I say a few words in the Helium voice...