IBSEN Flashcards
what were Ibsen's thoughts?
Is there anyone in this gathering who . . .
Is there anyone in this gathering who dares assert that our ladies are inferior to us in culture or intelligence or knowledge or artistic culture?
- Ibsen
Ibsen was interested in . . .
Ibsen was interested in human beings, simply and dramatically.
- AS Byatt
Ibsen is interested in the . . .
Ibsen is interested in the raw human being.
- AS Byatt
He is interested in human beings . . .
He is interested in human beings even more than he is interested in social constructs or systems of belief.
- AS Byatt
The wife in the play ends up by having no idea . . .
The wife in the play ends up by having no idea what is right and what is wrong; natural feelings on one hand and belief in authority on the other lead her to utter distraction.
(Feminism)
- Ibsen
A woman cannot be herself in modern society. It is an exclusively male society, with . . .
A woman cannot be herself in modern society. It is an exclusively male society, with laws made by men and with prosecutors and judges who assess feminine conduct from a masculine standpoint.
(Feminism)
- Ibsen
A mother in modern society, like certain insects . . .
A mother in modern society, like certain insects, retires and dies once she has done her duty by propagating the race.
(Feminism)
- Ibsen
Scandalously unconventional in . . .
Scandalously unconventional in its liberalism.
- Ibsen (interview)
While many critics have interpreted the play as . . .
While many critics have interpreted the play as being feminist, I myself am not. That being said, I am a humanist, and believe in the right of every person to know his or herself, a right that is denied women
in this male dominated society.
- Ibsen
A modern . . .
A modern tragedy.
- Ibsen
Ibsen is the . . .
Ibsen is the forefather of Naturalism.
The state is the . . .
The state is the curse of the individual.
- Ibsen
Ibsen creates an . . .
Ibsen creates an illusion of romanticism.
- Gillespie
