Analysis Of The Visit By Friedrich Durrenmatt

In his book The Visit, Friedrich Durrenmatt uses German Expressionism to his thoughts on Swiss neutrality during World War II both politically and socially. As well as assessing Swiss neutrality Durrenmatt also critiques capitalism using dramatic gestures and visual techniques that relate to German Expressionism art. Durrenmatt not only a playwright and novelist was also a painter. A few of the characters in the visit such as Louisa and the four men who transform into trees also relate to German Expressionism works.

Friedrich Durrenmatt was born on January 5, 1921 in Konolfingen Switzerland, and died on the 14th of December 1990. He was the son of a protestant politician and his grandfather was a conservative politician. At age 20 Durrenmatt began began studies in philosophy, German language and literature at the University of Zurich in 1941, but moved to the University of Bern after one semester. Two years after starting college he decided to become an author and a dramatist and dropped his academic career. Even though Durrenmatt opted for pursuing a writing career he never...