An Enemy of the People
An Enemy of the people
evaluate the literary strength in Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the people.
evaluate the literary strength in Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the people.
Ibsen wrote the play in 1882, setting the action in a small Norwegian coastal town. The plot was based on the real-life censure he experienced as a result of his controversial play, Ghosts (1881). It was initially five acts long. His plays were known for their realist style and, as Miller put it, a structure that utilized "models of a stringent economy of means to create immense symphonic images of tragic proportions."