Henrick Ibsen Context
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- Created on: 25-04-18 12:36
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- Henrik Ibsen Context
- Family and Upbringing
- Aged 8, father lost the business, financial, status and class loss
- Mother was self-sacrificial figure
- Aged 18, never saw his child but paid for his upbringing
- 1864 went into exile for 27 years, returning once he was a successful playwright - concerned with status
- Aged 8, father lost the business, financial, status and class loss
- Literary Influences
- 'An Enemy of the People' 1882, concerned with individual vs the majority, mass is ignorant
- 'Ghosts' 1881, conformity is suffering, male figure is flawed
- 'Hedda Gabler' 1891, obsession with status, loss of money, reputation - unrequited love
- Audience's Beliefs and Responses
- Had to change the ending for a German actress, she refused to leave her children
- Weigand: saw it as a comedy
- Laws and Campaigns
- One of the leading four central male figures for feminism in Norway
- Didn't want to be labelled as a feminist
- 1870 Married Women's Property Act
- Relationships
- Laura Keiler, a friend of Ibsen, borrowed money illegally for her husband but was admitted to a psychiatric ward for it, but begged for him back
- His wife was an activist for female equality, he was clearly influenced by here
- Historical Context
- Theatre was changing, from naturalism to realism 'Father of Realism'
- Industrialisation, social mobility, middle class wanting representation, working long hours with little wage
- Family and Upbringing
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