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... Ekdal , as he has so far been presented , has enough human worth and dignity to make him a potentially ' tragic ' hero . " He is , in fact , the not - so - young Ekdal who has just demonstrated his social ineptitude and timorous nature ...
... Ekdal , as he has so far been presented , has enough human worth and dignity to make him a potentially ' tragic ' hero . " He is , in fact , the not - so - young Ekdal who has just demonstrated his social ineptitude and timorous nature ...
Page 119
... Ekdal , a court has tried Werle and found reason enough to acquit him , or , as Gregers sees it , insufficient evidence to convict him , of complicity in Old Ekdal's crimes : it is Gregers alone who is certain that his father contrived ...
... Ekdal , a court has tried Werle and found reason enough to acquit him , or , as Gregers sees it , insufficient evidence to convict him , of complicity in Old Ekdal's crimes : it is Gregers alone who is certain that his father contrived ...
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... Ekdal had the chance to put a bullet into his brains , he did not . But he expects Gregers to admire his ( Hjalmar's ) own singular mental fortitude for daring to “ choose life " in circumstances so similar to Old Ekdal's that both men ...
... Ekdal had the chance to put a bullet into his brains , he did not . But he expects Gregers to admire his ( Hjalmar's ) own singular mental fortitude for daring to “ choose life " in circumstances so similar to Old Ekdal's that both men ...
Contents
Journeys into Uncertainty | 23 |
The Vision Blurs | 71 |
All Hope Abandoned? | 104 |
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Aline Aline's Allmers Alving Alving's ambivalence appears Archer Åse Åse's aspects Berta Sörby Borkman Boyg Brandes Brandes's Brovik castle characters Christian claims comedy comic context critics Dead Awaken Doll's House dramatic dream Emperor and Galilean Engstrand ethical father Georg Brandes Ghosts Gina Gina's Gregers Gregers's Guthke Haakon Werle Hedda Gabler Hedvig Helene Henrik Ibsen Herdal heroic Hilde's Hjalmar human humour imagination instance interpretation ironic irony John Gabriel Borkman judgement Kaja kind Little Eyolf Logeman Lysanger Manders marriage Master Builder metaphysical mock-heroic modern mother motif nature negative never Northam Norwegian Old Ekdal Oswald Peer Gynt Peer's perhaps play play's poet poetic possible psychological Ragnar reality reference Regine Relling Relling's ridiculous Rosmersholm Rubek scene seems seen sense social Solness and Hilde Solness's Solveig soul spiritual suggests tells theory tion tragedy tragic tragicomedy tragicomic Troll King truth ultimately vision Wangel Weigand Werle's Wild Duck woman