The Master Builder Free Essay, Term Paper and Book Report
Dr. Gale
Assignment #3 English HUX 502
Henrik Ibsen’s plucks a melancholy tune on the strings of married men of all ages in his masterpiece about life and the road to self-actualization, The Master Builder. Three years before it was penned Ibsen, age 61, met an 18 year-old girl and feel in love with her. The subsequent love nearly destroyed both of their lives. Ibsen, according to critic Bill Hagerty, “came to his senses in time” to prevent this. Another critic writes, “his marriage was joyless, but a few episodes of friendship with young women broke the austerity of his life.” Solness did not come to his senses “in time,” to save himself. His end is Ibsen’s way of letting the rest of us know it is only too late to change once it is actually too late to change. I really enjoyed this play and its genius about our social plight. Solness was no doubt a manifestation of the journey of self-discovery and perhaps a sliver of guilt Ibsen felt over his affairs of heart.
Like Ibsen, Solness is an artist. Ibsen and Solness create from nothing something la......
Word Count: 1323
Page Count: 5.2 (250 words a page / double spaced)
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