Abstract
The article considers Ibsen’s Ghosts through the figure of duty. The two main characters embody different notions of duty. Pastor Manders’s position is a religious one and Mrs Alving’s a political one, but neither can stand on its own. They both infringe upon, and contaminate, each other. This process of self-contamination, which silence sets in motion, leads to an alternative understanding of duty as well as of the political.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 50-74 |
Number of pages | 25 |
Journal | Orbis Litterarum |
Volume | Vol. 64 |
Issue number | No. 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Ghosts
- dramatists, Norwegian
- duty
- ghosts
- plays
- political theology
- silence