Spectres of duty : silence in Ibsen’s Ghosts

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    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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)50-74
    Number of pages25
    JournalOrbis Litterarum
    VolumeVol. 64
    Issue numberNo. 1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

    Keywords

    • Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Ghosts
    • dramatists, Norwegian
    • duty
    • ghosts
    • plays
    • political theology
    • silence

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