The Ghost Sonata

Describe symbolism in The Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg

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Strindberg fills the play with symbolic imagery, like those often associated with dreams. The pendulum clock, the Mummy, the "vampires," the Old Man's wheelchair, and the house itself, where the characters have their "ghost supper," are all symbols representing abstract ideas like time, fear, guilt, shame, power and corruption.

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The Ghost Sonata