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... Boyg threatens the destruc- tion of nearly all Peer's ideas of the heroic without ever striking a blow . ... But if the Boyg is an enigma - perhaps as much God as Godot , as much the soul of naturalistic determinism as the dark god ...
... Boyg threatens the destruc- tion of nearly all Peer's ideas of the heroic without ever striking a blow . ... But if the Boyg is an enigma - perhaps as much God as Godot , as much the soul of naturalistic determinism as the dark god ...
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John S. Chamberlain. There are as many dimensions to Peer's attack upon the Boyg as there are to the Boyg himself . Sword in hand , Peer is a Viking , a knight of the Faith counting on Solveig's psalm book to save him , and a slayer of ...
John S. Chamberlain. There are as many dimensions to Peer's attack upon the Boyg as there are to the Boyg himself . Sword in hand , Peer is a Viking , a knight of the Faith counting on Solveig's psalm book to save him , and a slayer of ...
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... Boyg , and he prepares to assail this now visible manifestation of the latter with a mighty metaphysical question , " Hei , Boyg , who are you ? " The answer is itself a question- " Ach , Sphinx wer bist du ? " - spoken by ...
... Boyg , and he prepares to assail this now visible manifestation of the latter with a mighty metaphysical question , " Hei , Boyg , who are you ? " The answer is itself a question- " Ach , Sphinx wer bist du ? " - spoken by ...
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 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 Ibsen 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