![]() ![]() ![]() As each living character illuminates the nature of the diseased profligate, he finally stands as clearly and as well-drawn to the audience as if he were constantly active on stage. The source of the hereditary flaw which destroys his children, his presence pervades each scene of Ghosts. Ghosts is also a "family tragedy," he writes, "but it is also a social drama - the ancient tragedy resurrected on modern soil."Ĭaptain Alving's character bears this out. Professor Koht describes the play's further relationship to ancient drama for Greek tragedy, often called the fate, or family drama, shows a tragic flaw inherited through the generations. In this way, an atmosphere of austere grandeur is given to the whole drama providing it with an intensity suggestive of classical plays. No one is included who has not a place in the main action itself. Linde, only five characters appear in Ghosts. Unlike A Doll's House, where there are servants and a sub-plot between Krogstad and Mrs. Although the relationships among the characters are close and lifelong, only the crowding of emotions and events within these three acts forces each one to face the truth about himself and about his society. ![]() The play deals only with the consequences of these past lives and does not need to take place in more than one twenty-four hour vigil. As in most of Ibsen's problem plays, Ghosts begins at the collective climax in the lives of its characters. ![]()
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