A Norwegian playwright is called the father of modern European drama. What is his masterpiece?

Ibsen, a Norwegian playwright, is known as the father of modern European drama. Representative works include A Doll's House, Public Enemy, Pearl Gentleman and Wild Duck.

Norwegian playwright henrik ibsen (1828—1May 23rd, 906) is the founder of modern European drama.

His works emphasize the happiness of personal life and ignore the stale etiquette of traditional society. The most famous are the poetic drama Pearl Gold (1874 ~ 1875), the social tragedy A Doll's House (1879), Ghost (188 1) and Public Enemy (668). His symbolic plays Wild Duck (1884) and When We Wake Up After Death (1899) embody his thought of "spiritual death".

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Ibsen also injected his thoughts on the meaning of life into some plays based on historical stories and folklore. In "Pearl Gold", he wrote about the experience of a young man who was full of fantasy and lazy all day. Pearl Ghent met a demon, later became rich by selling slaves, did many bad things, and finally went bankrupt and returned to his hometown.

When Pearl Gold premiered, the audience saw that the play was drawing to a close, and Pearl Gold on the stage was peeling an onion. He peeled off one layer after another, peeled off all the skins, and found nothing. Ibsen highlights the philosophy of the whole play through this highly symbolic plot: those who seek life selfishly and arbitrarily have nothing in the end.