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... reality foreshadows what is to come . The play is structured upon a series of long or brief rides and journeys , explorations , and sudden encoun- ters . Many of these voyages of discovery contain fantastic animals or personages drawn ...
... reality foreshadows what is to come . The play is structured upon a series of long or brief rides and journeys , explorations , and sudden encoun- ters . Many of these voyages of discovery contain fantastic animals or personages drawn ...
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... reality by accident ! We are free to wonder whether the entire act is the dream of a dying madman or whether the Norwegian ship is itself crossing the bar . The dramatic value of such speculation is clear : Peer would never until the ...
... reality by accident ! We are free to wonder whether the entire act is the dream of a dying madman or whether the Norwegian ship is itself crossing the bar . The dramatic value of such speculation is clear : Peer would never until the ...
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... reality directly , and with language stripped of all evasion , only after Oswald's mindless demand for " The sun . The sun , " this last coher- ent speech of Helene's is presumably her final attempt to deny the full truth to herself ...
... reality directly , and with language stripped of all evasion , only after Oswald's mindless demand for " The sun . The sun , " this last coher- ent speech of Helene's is presumably her final attempt to deny the full truth to herself ...
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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