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Mrs Alving in Ghosts
Title: Mrs Alving in Ghosts
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1809 | Pages: 7.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Mrs Alving in Ghosts
The choices made by Helena Alving, the central character of Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen define her as they reflect her personality and dispositions. She can be easily understood in terms of the choices that she makes as she abides by the norms that society has imposed upon her, subverting her personal beliefs and values to those of duty. The dutiful role of wife and mother is thrust upon her: the choice to follow her own …showed first 75 words of 1809 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1809 total…son from his father, she ultimately could not shield him from his sins taking the form of congenital syphilis, leading to Osvald’s dementia. The choices she makes are aimed at maintaining the lies about Mr. Alving, and the continual lies rather than the revealing of the truth, which comes too late, is the cause of the unhappiness and suffering in Mrs. Alving’s life: an unhappiness which she is never able to escape from.
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