Henrick Ibsen
Throughout the history of the world, men and women of honor and accomplishment have had glorious titles bestowed upon them to signify their greatness. For example, in Czarist Russia, bringing vast amounts of new land to the empire would merit the title of "Great," as in Catherine the Great and Peter the Great. Such titles, however, are not just limited to political affairs, and powerful influence over any aspect of life should be met with a proper designation. When James Joyce said, "It may be questioned whether any man has held so firm an empire over the thinking world in modern times," (qtd. in Brunsdale 974) should not the individual in question have some sort of grandiose title? The answer is yes, and the subject of the quote already does. Joyce's words refer to the playwright Henrik Ibsen, who is "widely regarded as the father of modern drama," (Brunsdale 973). Ibsen received and deserved this honor because of his innovations on the stage, his incorporation of realistic and social issues in his plays, the foresight in his works, and the critical praise he has drawn for Ghosts and The Lady from the Sea. Henrik Ibsen was born in Skien, Norway on March 20, 1828. His father, Knud Ibsen, was a prosperous merchant who
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