Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsenwas a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of realism" and is one of the founders of Modernism in theatre. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, The Master Builder and John Gabriel Borkman. He is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House...
NationalityNorwegian
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth20 March 1828
CitySkien, Norway
CountryNorway
They may soon expect the white horse at Rosmersholm now.
As you can see, I'm a button-moulder. / You must go into my casting ladle.
You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth
You should never have your best trousers on when you turn out to fight for freedom and truth.
You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
Deprive the average human being of his life-lie, and you rob him of his happiness
A woman cannot be herself in modern society, with laws made by men and with prosecutors and judges who assess female conduct from a male standpoint.
Some day, youth will come here and thunder on my door, and force its way in to me.
Rob the average man of his life-illusion and you rob him also of his happiness
Sleep, O sleep, my dearest boy. / I will cradle you, I will guard you.
I don't wish you anything but just what you are - my own sweet little song-bird.
I can see him. With vine leaves in his hair.
In that second it dawned on me that I had been living here for eight years with a strange man and had borne him three children.
Ah, I fancy it is just the same with most of what you call your ''emancipation.'' You have read yourself into a number of new ideas and opinions. You have got a sort of smattering of recent discoveries in various fields -- discoveries that seem to overthrow certain principles which have hitherto been held impregnable and unassailable. But all this has only been a matter of intellect, Miss West -- superficial acquisition. It has not passed into your blood.