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what kind of play is 'ghosts' by henrik ibsen and the possible effect...

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:10:40 PST

what kind of play is 'ghosts' by henrik ibsen and the possible effect play has on the audience

The title has two different meanings in this play. The first meaning...

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:27:05 PST

The title has two different meanings in this play. The first meaning relates to the expression "skeletons in the closet." Everyone in the play has a closet filled with skeletons, ghosts of things that they did or were done to them in the past and that haunt them now. Mrs. Alving is haunted by her husband's infidelities. Oswald, too, is haunted by his father's past and by the "legacy" his father left him. Regina, unknown to her at first, is the...

Justify the title "Ghosts" for Ibsen's play.

Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:21:02 PST

Justify the title "Ghosts" for Ibsen's play.

What are the examples of Realism and Naturalism in the drama "Ghost" by...

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 00:46:43 PST

What are the examples of Realism and Naturalism in the drama "Ghost" by Ibsen?

What does the burning of the orphanage symbolize?

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:47:33 PST

What does the burning of the orphanage symbolize?

what are the adverse effects on mrs alving because of the domination of...

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00:11 PST

what are the adverse effects on mrs alving because of the domination of mr.alving ??

In reply to #2:No, I don't think Ibsen is asking us to look more deeply...

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:55:59 PST

In reply to #2:No, I don't think Ibsen is asking us to look more deeply at despair. I believe the play is asking us to be careful about living with lies. He's pointing out that despair is the result of living a lie and that once you do that, you start piling up lie after lie. Eventually, you can't go back and make it all better. Despair is the result of the actions taken. The point is to stop the actions that lead to despair and not analyze...

All characters do, indeed, suffer from despair, yet deception may be a...

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:48:07 PST

All characters do, indeed, suffer from despair, yet deception may be a more accurate description! Mrs. Alving must face the despair that she could possibly have helped Oswald, her son. Yet, she deceives Oswald from keeping her husband's illness from him. Oswald despairs of his condition, yet he also does not face his own reality. Regina is also at the heart of this deception.If it is true that "the sins of the father are visited on the...

Theme of depair in Ibsen's "Ghosts"?

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:28:56 PST

Really every person suffers in this drama even Captain Alving. Really despair is like a cloud in every character in this play.

Give the charater sketch of mrs.alving,in henrik ibson's GHOST,and her...

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:41:38 PST

Give the charater sketch of mrs.alving,in henrik ibson's GHOST,and her role as a protagonist.

There are topics spoken of in this play that place it squarely in the...

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:00:34 PST

There are topics spoken of in this play that place it squarely in the naturalist tradition. Naturalism deals with the seamy side of life. (A helpful discussion of Naturalism in American can be found at http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/natural.htm --- although it's about America, the concepts of naturalism are universal.) Topics such as venereal disease, illegitimate children, and incest would never have been spoken of in other...

The "ghost" that haunts the characters in this play is Captain...

Wed, 21 May 2008 07:47:19 PST

The "ghost" that haunts the characters in this play is Captain Alving. Even though he is dead and his ghost never literally appears during the play, his memory and his actions when he was living drive the plot.As the play opens, the Captain's widow is building an orphanage in his memory. She's not doing it out of love, however. Alving was a degenerate, in her words. He had many affairs, and they had been separated for many years....

How are the social and scientific theories that underpin naturalistic...

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:57:58 PST

How are the social and scientific theories that underpin naturalistic drama expressed in Ibsen's Ghosts?

The old adage "the truth will win out" certainly applies to...

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:26:21 PST

The old adage "the truth will win out" certainly applies to this play. Mrs. Alving has been keeping some dangerous secrets that cause a lot of pain when they are finally revealed.Both of her secrets involve her son Oswald. The first concerns his health. Captain Alving was a cruel and unfaithful husband. She left him after only one year of marriage because of his infidelities. And it is because of those infidelities that Oswald has...

In "Ghosts," what secrets is Mrs. Alving keeping from Oswald...

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:45:07 PST

In "Ghosts," what secrets is Mrs. Alving keeping from Oswald and Regina?

The ghosts represent the topics that are not openly talked about....

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:45:58 PST

The ghosts represent the topics that are not openly talked about. Euthanasia, infidelity, incest, venereal disease, and illegitimate children to name just a few. These subjects have not been addressed by the Captains family until now. They "haunt" them until at last, they must be dealt with.

What role do the ghosts play in Ibsen's "Ghosts"?

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:35:07 PST

What role do the ghosts play in Ibsen's "Ghosts"?

Pastor Manders seems is the flawed man of God. It is his duty to promote...

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:04:15 PST

Pastor Manders seems is the flawed man of God. It is his duty to promote morality, yet he worries about his reputation and the public opinion , as well. He struggles with the idea of insuring the orphanage, because he feels people might think he should be able to protect it with God. Mrs. Alving is at first the "victim" of a cruel husband. She appears to have been the long-suffering wife of a philanderer, but as the course of the...

What does each of the characters symbolize/represent in the play?

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:31:57 PST

What does each of the characters symbolize/represent in the play?

The sun represents light and truth. However, in this play, deception...

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:38:25 PST

The sun represents light and truth. However, in this play, deception is a central theme. All the truths are hidden by the characters, who manipulate, hide and use subterfuge. They must pay the consequences for this. The main conflict of this play stems from the fact that Mrs. Alving feels remorse for her part in helping to deceive the world about what sort of man Captain Alving was. She feels that she should have told the truth to...