What is the main theme of the Play

Strindberg is deeply hostile to women—especially those who attempt to go beyond the preordained gender roles and become "half-woman half-man." Thus, misogyny is a major theme in the play. Girls are not supposed to be raised as boys; women are not supposed to indulge in their sexual desires or seek to participate in society in any autonomous way. They are to be dependent, polite, and restrained. Gender and class coalesce in this text to create a situation that inevitably leads to Miss Julie's punishment—after all, how can she be permitted to have sex with whomever she pleases and defy her class bounds?