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HENRIK IBSEN
BY: Timeisha Liggins
AND Theo Roberts
WHO? Henrik Johan Ibsen (and for exploring Europe’s social problems during the
1800s. Critics both past and present have praised his realistic approach to drama and his well-developed characters. He is best known for creating strong female characters in dramas such as A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler) was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of realism" and is one of the founders of Modernism in theatre. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, and The Master Builder. He is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare and A Doll's House became the world's most performed play by the early 20th century.
THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE
Profile Connections
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PLAYS
A Doll's House,
The Master Builder,
Ghosts,
An Enemy of the People
Hedda Gabler.
Peer Gynt. by Henrik Ibsen,
INFLUENCES
Sophocles greatly influenced the dramas.
His main contribution was the from most of his plays
CHARACTERISTICS
He is noted for his nationalistic spirit and for exploring Europe’s social problems during the 1800s.
Critics both past and present have praised his realistic approach to drama and his well-developed characters.
He is best known for creating strong female characters in dramas such as A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler
SUNRISE-SUNSET
(1828 – 1906)
WHEN DID THIS ST YLE COM E AB OUTWHERE DID T HIS STYLE E MANAT E
1877 with the successful appearance of The Pillars of Society; the second covering the years in which he wrote most of the dramas of protest against social conditions, such as Ghosts; and the third marked by the symbolic plays, The Master Builder and When We Dead Awaken. The first of the prose plays, Love's Comedy (1862) made an impression in
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HE’S SERIOUS