An Enemy Of The People

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An Enemy Of The People

An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People, written by Henrik Ibsen was a play written to
show his disgust for the in felt during a hostile reception given to him by the
Norwegian public and critics to his earlier play, Ghosts.  An Enemy of the People
is a story about a doctor that discovered that the town he lives in, has become a
cesspool.  After discovering the town�s beloved bath, which is supposedly helps
people get better and is the main reason the town has visitors from across the
county come visit it, has become polluted with bacteria that is caused from the
water pipes underground.  This resulted in visitors going away from the town with
Typhoid and other sicknesses.  Dr. Stockmann, which is the discoverer of the
pollution, tries to tell the townspeople that they need to fix the water pipes and
bath.  Facing a large amount of resistance from his brother the mayor, Hovstad
the newspaper editor, and many of the townspeople.  This results in Dr.
Stockmann lashing out at the whole town for its ignorance and lies that this town
is built on causing Dr. Stockmann to become an enemy of the people and being
out-casted among his town that he loves.
The purpose of this book was to show Ibsen�s content toward society in
knowing the truth.  This play was written in 1882 in Europe.  At that time, Ibsen
wanted to show the reality of things that are built on lies and for people to
become more scientific in their studies rather than being religious wise.  Ibsen
was met with a handful of critics forcing him to become angered at society.  An
Enemy of the People does a good job showing society in Europe at that time
when people weren�t that interested in technology and the truth.  People didn�t
care about having rights and allowed their superior to have the say in everything.
This one quote which I found had much signific...

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