"Ghosts" by Henrik Ibsen is a play where Mrs. Alving plans a memorial for her dead husband but faces tangled family matters and what society expects. The play examines ideas about right and wrong, what we leave behind, and the secrets that can trouble families, especially through characters like her son Oswald, Pastor Manders, and the sneaky carpenter Jacob Engstrand. As everyone gets ready for the memorial the story hints at past hurts and truths that haven't been spoken, causing tension among the characters. Mrs. Alving talks with her maid Regina and Pastor Manders about the memorial and what she thinks about how society sees things. When Engstrand, the carpenter, shows up things get stirred up, particularly involving his daughter Regina. As they prepare for the opening of the memorial, concerns about what families owe each other and what people want for themselves begin to show, which sets the stage for secrets to come out that will test what the characters believe and how they relate to each other.
Ghosts
By Henrik Ibsen
In a home filled with unspoken truths and looming legacies, a family grapples with the shadows of the past as they prepare to honor a life built on lies.
Summary
About the AuthorHenrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and the most influential playwright of the 19th century, as well of one of the most influential playwrights in Western literature more generally. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, and When We Dead Awaken. Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House was the world's most performed play in 2006.
Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and the most influential playwright of the 19th century, as well of one of the most influential playwrights in Western literature more generally. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, and When We Dead Awaken. Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House was the world's most performed play in 2006.
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