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Published: 18.01.2006.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Controversy too Close to Home?', 1.
  • Essays 'Controversy too Close to Home?', 2.
Extract

Adolescence is hard enough when you do know what it's all about. But imagine going through puberty with no knowledge of sex, no sexual outlet, and no reliable sources of information about sex. "Spring Awakening", a pre-Expressionist masterpiece written in the 1890s by Frank Wedekind, is about just such a horror.
"Spring Awakening" is about a group of young horny German kids growing up in a total vacuum of sexual knowledge. They know their urges and dreams must mean something, but the adults won't explain it to them -- "common decency" prevents even mentioning it. The kids are left to fend…

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