Lenz is only indirectly, indirectly, a victim of the noble repression of his time. However, the protagonist, portrayed by Büchner as a "loser," also fails due to his own shortcomings and the demands of modernity: the sensitive individual breaks under the pressures of everyday life. As an internally torn individual, always in search of meaning, he stands in stark contrast to the typical heroes of Büchner's time, who were expected to be full of drive and action. A classic by Gröls.