The Maids by Jean Genet (Book Analysis)
The Maids by Jean Genet (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Maids by Jean Genet. It provides a thorough exploration of the play’s plot, characters and main themes, as well as a helpful examination of its challenging structure. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 23-page reading guide is structured as follows:
- Biography of Jean Genet
- Presentation of The Maids
- Summary of The Maids
- Character study
- The maids
- Madame
- Analysis of The Maids
- The double
- A complex structure
- Theatre of Cruelty
About The Maids
Jean Genet’s play The Maids was inspired by a true story: in 1933, the Papin sisters murdered their employer with no apparent motive. Taking this incident as his starting point, Genet invented the story of two maids, Claire and Solange, sisters who repeat the same ritual each night: they pretend to strangle their employer. However, one day, the comedy turns into a tragedy and the two young women find themselves the prisoners of their own game.
About Jean Genet
Jean Genet was a 20th-century writer, poet and playwright. He had a turbulent childhood and adolescence: he was abandoned by his mother, became involved in petty crime as a teenager, and was sent to the penal colony of Mettray. He started writing while he was in prison, which was where he produced his first poem, The Man Sentenced to Death, and his first novel, Our Lady of the Flowers. He went on to produce autobiographical works and plays, for which he became famous in the 1960s: The Maids and The Screens were both major theatrical successes. Genet was also politically active: among other things, he supported the Black Panthers in the USA and spoke out against police brutality.
Product details
ISBN | 9782806270382 |
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Publisher | Plurilingua Publishing |
Collection | BrightSummaries.com |
Format | |
Pages | 23 |
File size | 1.4 MB |