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 | | This theme became popular again towards the end of the 19th century when many artists made variations on the motif of ‘The Dance of Death.' Wirmark shows how the theme was used, for instance, by artists whom Strindberg admired, like Arnold Böcklin, Richard Bergh and Edvard Munch. |
 | | It is an impressive list of thirteen strong-willed women that Wimark introduces and in the last section of her book she analyses these women's position in the family: as wives, as mothers, as professional women, as widows, daughters and sisters. |
 | | There is great variety in constellations and in characteristics, but in nearly all cases the father, when present in the play, is presented as a loving, good person. |
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