Essay Questions

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Who is called "an enemy of the people" by the other characters in the play? Why is this person called this? Who turns out to be the “enemy of the people”?

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What issue is Ibsen raising in An Enemy of the People? How does he resolve the problem he presents?

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How does the relationship between the two brothers change? How did they relate to one another before Dr. Stockmann made his discovery about the spa? After he sought to reveal it?

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Identify some of the ideas that can be attributed to Karl Marx and Charles Darwin that emerge in the play. How would these ideas have been accepted by audiences of the period in which Isben wrote? How do we view them today?

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What issue is at the heart of Dr. Stockmann's speech given at the public meeting he called? What is he truly concerned about?

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