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... ironic negation which relegates characters all too certainly to a comic arena . We do not and cannot know that , for ... irony available . It is the concluding section of Part Four , which is itself entitled " Mockery of Ideals : Tragic ...
... ironic negation which relegates characters all too certainly to a comic arena . We do not and cannot know that , for ... irony available . It is the concluding section of Part Four , which is itself entitled " Mockery of Ideals : Tragic ...
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... ironic achievement is too little regarded by the world at large , and he draws the important conclu- sion that Ibsen does more than employ familiar forms of dramatic irony : he does , quite definitely and consistently , what , according ...
... ironic achievement is too little regarded by the world at large , and he draws the important conclu- sion that Ibsen does more than employ familiar forms of dramatic irony : he does , quite definitely and consistently , what , according ...
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... ironic because it is self - aggrandizing ; it also indicates , by the contrast of Peer's imagined crowd with the ... irony of ironies , there are senses in which the actual " pack " - Åse , Solveig , and her father — seem to prey upon ...
... ironic because it is self - aggrandizing ; it also indicates , by the contrast of Peer's imagined crowd with the ... irony of ironies , there are senses in which the actual " pack " - Åse , Solveig , and her father — seem to prey upon ...
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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 poetry possible 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