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crees that she shall continue to do so, and the
social conception of duty insists that for the sake
of that lie she need be nothing else than a play
thing, a doll, a nonentity.
When Nora closes behind her the door of her
doll s house, she opens wide the gate of life for
woman, and proclaims the revolutionary message
that only perfect freedom and communion make a
true bond between man and woman, meeting in
the open, without lies, without shame, free from
the bondage of duty.
GHOSTS
THE social and revolutionary significance of
Henrik Ibsen is brought out with even greater
force in
"
Ghosts
"
than in his preceding works.
Not only does this pioneer of modern dramatic
art undermine in
"
Ghosts
"
the Social Lie and
the paralyzing effect of Duty, but the uselessness
and evil of Sacrifice, the dreary Lack of Joy and
of Purpose in Work are brought to light as most
pernicious and destructive elements in life.
Mrs. Alving, having made what her family
called a most admirable match, discovers shortly
after her marriage that her husband is a drunkard
and a roue. In her despair she flees to her young
friend, the divinity student Manders. But he,
preparing to save souls, even though they be en-
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