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Monday, December 20, 2010
Q&A: What are some major motifs or themes in Henry Ibsen's play "Ghosts"?
Question by Valerie A: What are some major motifs or themes in Henry Ibsen's play "Ghosts"?
I'm reading it for my AP Lit class and i'm having trouble figuring out a major motif. Help if you can, please.
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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 Oswald long ago. If she had been honest with him all along, the disease that he inherited from his father may still have been unavoidable, but she could have saved him the confusion that he felt upon finding out that his father, who he thought was morally pure, had syphilis. His own character might have been less cynical if the truth about his father had not come as such a shock.
ReplyDeleteFor his part, Pastor Manders supports the idea of deception. When Mrs. Alving talks about truth, he counters her with talk.....