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I2O Frank Wedekind
both conspiring to give to the world mental and
physical mediocrities.
"
The Awakening of Spring
"
is laid in three
acts and fourteen scenes, consisting almost entirely
of dialogues among the children. So close is
Wedekind to the soul of the child that he suc
ceeds in unveiling before our eyes, with a most
gripping touch, its joys and sorrows, its hopes and
despair, its struggles and tragedies.
The play deals with a group of school children
just entering the age of puberty, imaginative be
ings speculating about the mysteries of life.
Wendla, sent to her grave by her loving but
prudish mother, is an exquisite, lovable child;
Melchior, the innocent father of Wendla s unborn
baby, is a gifted boy whose thirst for knowledge
leads him to inquire into the riddle of life, and
to share his observations with his school chums,
a youth who, in a free and intelligent atmos
phere, might have developed into an original
thinker. That such a boy should be punished as
a moral pervert, only goes to prove the utter un-
fitness of our educators and parents. Moritz,
Melchior s playfellow, is driven to suicide because
he cannot pass his examinations, thanks to our
stupid and criminal system of education which con
sists in cramming the mind to the bursting point.
Wedekind has been accused of exaggerating
his types, but any one familiar with child life
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