# Alienation and Escape in He Who Gets Slapped

> Theme guide for He Who Gets Slapped by Leonid Andreyev.

He and other circus members are alienated from mainstream society, finding refuge in the marginal, chaotic world of the circus, which offers both freedom from social norms and a form of self-imposed exile.

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