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In her collection Death and the Maiden I-V. Princess Dramas" Elfrieda Jelinek once again brings women to the stage as eternal outcasts in the Western European cultural tradition. Fairy-tale princesses and modern icons of style (including literary style) deliver their dying speeches or speak from beyond the grave. However, having a voice does not mean having a destiny, as no princess manages to escape the misfortune of a man's hand - Snow White falls victim to the Huntsman, Rosehip is destroyed by the Prince's kiss, Rosamund survives but is silenced by the treacherous Fulvio, Jackie gloats bitterly over the death of her rival Marilyn, and the dead Sylvia and Ingeborg wander in the realm of the dead. Each of the princesses is doomed to a tragic fate, and the English princess Diana, whose portrait completes this gallery, is no exception.