The Wild Duck Playwright: Examining Ibsen’s Masterpiece and Its Enduring Relevance
“Rob the average human being of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.” These words, spoken by Dr. Relling in Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck, encapsulate the play’s core conflict. Ibsen, the Norwegian playwright, was not merely a writer of dramas; he was a social surgeon, dissecting the hypocrisies…
