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 From the foregoing analysis, it becomes evident that Katai did indeed adopt a portion of Hauptmann's principal theme of : "The contrast and tension between the natural and the unnatural, with a strong implication that nature is best, or at least that it is preferable to follow nature." Katai differs noticeably from Hauptmann in his treatment of naturalistic philosophy by confining himself to "microcosm," whereas Hauptmann applies his new ideas to "macrocosm," and criticizes dogmatic Christianity through the tragedy brought about in the Vockerat family.

In this section we shall examine how the characters of are related to the characters of, indicating their similarities and differences, after which we shall interpret reasons why Katai made changes.

The ensuing list of characters of and  suggests that their relationships in each story are nearly identical.