Ghosts

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Ghosts is an 1881 realist drama by Henrik Ibsen that critiques social hypocrisy and explores themes of inherited guilt, morality, and the oppressive constraints of 19th-century society.

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Ghosts canonical 4

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instanceOf play ⓘ
realist drama ⓘ
author Henrik Ibsen NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Norway ⓘ
criticizes 19th-century bourgeois morality ⓘ
conventional Christian ethics ⓘ
marriage as a social institution ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1882 ⓘ
firstPublisher Copenhagen NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre problem play ⓘ
realist drama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation film adaptations ⓘ
radio adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
influenced 20th-century drama ⓘ
modernist theatre ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
mainCharacter Engstrand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Helene Alving NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oswald Alving NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pastor Manders NERFINISHED ⓘ
Regina Engstrand NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement modern drama ⓘ
realism ⓘ
notableFor controversial treatment of venereal disease ⓘ
critique of religious and social conventions ⓘ
originalLanguage Norwegian ⓘ
originalTitle Gengangere NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Henrik Ibsen’s middle period plays ⓘ
plotFocus Helene Alving’s struggle with truth and respectability ⓘ
Oswald’s inherited illness ⓘ
consequences of Captain Alving’s debauchery ⓘ
publicationDate 1881 ⓘ
setting Norwegian coastal town ⓘ
settingPeriod 19th century ⓘ
structure three-act play ⓘ
theme heredity and degeneration ⓘ
incest ⓘ
inherited guilt ⓘ
morality ⓘ
oppressive social norms ⓘ
religious hypocrisy ⓘ
social hypocrisy ⓘ
the burden of the past ⓘ
venereal disease ⓘ
women’s oppression ⓘ

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Henrik Ibsen → notableWork → Ghosts ⓘ
Jack Lowden → notableWork → Ghosts ⓘ
Ghosts → hasTitle → Ghosts ⓘ
William Archer → translated → Ghosts ⓘ