Word: transcended
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...that class barriers are cold, heartless walls not easily crossed. On the other side of the class wall are Miss Julie's two servants, Jean and Kristine, played by Diego Arciniagas and Susanne Nitter. Jean and Kristine innocently believe that in their love for each other they may transcend the misery of their class...
...Strindberg's typical heroic, mythical, self-willed man. Yet along with this determination, Arciniagas recognizes Jean's uncanny brutality and sorrow as he yearns for a sky that he can't reach, a yearning that ultimately leads to a climactic confrontation with his mistress. Only through violence does Jean transcend Miss Julie. Only by degrading her into little more than a whore (through graphic directorial choices leading to a violent, on-stage rape scene that must have Strindberg rolling in his grave) does he forcibly climb above her. And, similarly, only through this unbearable shame does Miss Julie ironically fulfill...
...Bush, too, might turn into a fine president, for he obviously has certain action virtues that transcend his inability to name obscure heads of state off the top of his head...