Stockmann's daughter, brings in a letter containing lab test results confirming Dr. Stockmann is evasive about the nature of this article, and Peter leaves. Peter asks Stockmann about a rumor that Hovstad is about to print an article the doctor wrote regarding the spa baths. Stockmann's brother Peter (the mayor) and Hovstad (the editor of the newspaper). The play begins with a dinner party hosted by Dr. Thomas Stockmann is the medical officer of a recently opened spa in a small town. It may many traits of comedy, but it also is based on a serious idea."ĭr. Ibsen wrote to his publisher: "I am still uncertain as to whether I should call a comedy or a straight drama. However, Ibsen took a somewhat skeptical view of his protagonist, suggesting that he may have gone too far in his zeal to tell the truth. That response included accusations of both Ghosts and its author being "scandalous," "degenerate," and "immoral." In An Enemy of the People, a man dares to expose an unpalatable truth publicly and is punished for it. An Enemy of the People (original Norwegian title: En folkefiende), an 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, followed his previous play, Ghosts, which criticized the hypocrisy of his society's moral code.
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