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The Pillars of Society 17
act like a stroke of lightning on the Consul. It
makes him see that a house built on lies, shams,
and crime must eventually sink by its own weight.
Surrounded by those who truly love and therefore
understand him, Consul Bernick, no longer the
pillar of society, but the man becomes conscious
of his better self.
"Where have I been?" he exclaims. "You
will be horrified when you know. Now, I feel
as if I had just recovered my senses after being
poisoned. But I feel I feel that I can be
young and strong again. Oh, come nearer
closer around me. Come, Betty! Come, Olaf I
Come, Martha !
Oh, Martha, it seems as though
I had never seen you in all these years. And we
we have a long, earnest day of work before
us; I most of all. But let it come; gather close
around me, you true and faithful women. I have
learned this, in these days: it is you women who
are the Pillars of Society."
Lona:
"
Then you have learned a poor wis
dom, brother-in-law. No, no; the spirit of Truth
and of Freedom these are the Pillars of Soci
ety."
The spirit of truth and freedom is the socio-
revolutionary significance of
"
The Pillars of Soci
ety." Those, who, like Consul Bernick, fail to
realize this all-important fact, go on patching up
The Indian Girl, which is Ibsen s symbol for our
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