Ghosts (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Henrik Ibsen
- First Published: 1881
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Rosenvold, Norway
- Genres: Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: Parents and children, Nineteenth century, Fate or fatalism, Scandinavia or Scandinavians, Orphans or orphanages, Heredity, Norway or Norwegians, Semantics
- Locales: Norway
Characters Discussed
Mrs. Helen Alving, a widow, the mother of an ailing only son. Although she reads liberal books and has extraordinarily liberal views concerning the possible marriage of her son and his illegitimate half sister, whose identity is known only to Mrs. Alving, she is an outwardly severe woman whose life has been governed by duty. As a young wife, she had fled from her profligate husband, whom she had married for his money, to seek refuge with the parish pastor, Mr. Manders, with whom she had fallen in love. Mr. Manders righteously had sent her back to her...
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