Spring's Awakening is a tragi-comedy of teenage sex. Its
fourteen-year-old heroine, Wendla, is killed by abortion pills. The
young Moritz, terrorized by the world around him, and especially by his
teachers, shoots himself. The ending seems likely to be the suicide of
Moritz's friend, Melchior, but in a confrontation with a mysterious
stranger (the famous Masked Man) he finally manages to shed his
illusions and face the consequences.