Das Bürgerliche Trauerspiel. Die Frauenfiguren in Lessings "Miss Sara Sampson" und "Emilia Galotti"

Study paper from 2005 in the field of German Studies - Modern German Literature, grade: 1, Justus Liebig University Giessen, course: Main Seminar: Bourgeois Tragedy, 14 sources in the bibliography, language: German. Abstract: This paper will examine the portrayal of female characters in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's bourgeois tragedies "Miss Sara Sampson" and "Emilia Galotti." The more significant female characters will be analyzed in terms of their behavior, their views on life, and their relationships with other characters. The focus of this paper is on the two protagonists, who are also the title heroines, Sara Sampson and Emilia Galotti, but their antagonists, Marwood and Orsina, will also be closely examined. The character of Claudia Galotti, the mother of the protagonist Emilia, will also be analyzed.