The Individualism in Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 7, Issue 12
Abstract
This paper is a detailed study of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People in the light of individualism. Ibsen was one of the world’s greatest dramatists who is considered as the father of modern drama, the leading figure of an artistic renaissance that took place in Norway by the end of the nineteenth century. The significance of the intellectuals’ role and individualism in different stages of history has been the subject of different critical studies. The individuals’ freedom of thought, reasoning, expression and action have been disregarded in different ways by the prevailing “majority” in every society, particularly in Norway in the nineteenth century. The objective in this paper is to trace the struggles of the free individuals and the visionaries against tyranny of the majority through contextual analytical study of Dr. Thomas Stockmann, the individualist rebel hero in An Enemy of the People. This character fought against tyranny of the majority in his own way and his attempts for seeking democracy was eventually condemned to failure. Even though individualism is a notion of the intellectuality, in a democratic society the intellectuals have to conform to the interests of the mass or majority. Ibsen pays great attention to the importance of individuality in modern society and attempts to demonstrate it in his works.
Authors and Affiliations
Fatemeh Ghafourinia| Islamic Azad University-Boroujerd Branch, Dr. Leila Baradaran Jamili| Islamic Azad University-Boroujerd Branch, email: lbjamili@yahoo.com
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