When We Dead Awaken (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Henrik Ibsen
- First Published: 1899
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Psychological symbolism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: A coastal town of Norway
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Death or dying, Hunting or hunters, Sculpting or sculptors, Aging, Norway or Norwegians, Mountaineering
- Locales: Norway
Characters Discussed
Arnold Rubek, a sculptor. At a mountain resort on the coast of Norway, Rubek and Maia, his wife, see Irene. In his youth, Rubek had found in Irene the perfect model, but he had turned away from her love. After leaving Irene, Rubek had stopped creating beautiful works in marble and made only concealed caricatures, with an animal’s face hidden behind the human one. Finding his life of ease with Maia intolerable, he goes with Irene in search of their lost love and finds death with her in the snow at the top of the mountain.
Irene von Satow, the...
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