Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian playwright, is the author of the play Ghosts. Mrs. Alving, a widow planning to dedicate an orphanage in memory of her late husband, is the play's main character. Mrs. Alving is forced to face the demons of her past as the play progresses, including her terrible marriage and her son's turbulent childhood. Ghosts is renowned for its candid presentation of taboo topics including sex-related illnesses, adultery, and incest. The play received strong criticism for its alleged immorality at its time and was considered controversial. Ibsen's writing was recognized for its psychological nuance and examination of nuanced human connections, nevertheless. Ghosts is now regarded as a contemporary drama masterpiece and is routinely performed all over the globe. It is praised for its complex characters, issues of individual accountability and social hypocrisy, and its enduring impact on the advancement of contemporary theater.
Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian writer and theatre director who lived from 20 March 1828 to 23 May 1906. He is credited with helping to build modernism in theatre. His best-known works are Rosmersholm, The Master Builder, Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, When We Dead Awaken, Emperor and Galilean, and A Doll's House. In Skien, Norway, Henrik Johan Ibsen was born into a wealthy merchant family. His forefathers were mostly wealthy city merchants and shipowners or members of the Upper Telemark "aristocracy of officials." Ibsen quit school when he was fifteen. Henrik Wergeland and Peter Christen Asbjrnsen and Jrgen Moe's Norwegian folktales served as inspiration for him. Under the alias "Brynjolf Bjarme," he published his first play, Catilina (1850), but it was never staged. He would only make a few trips to Norway during the following 27 years, spending most of them in Germany and Italy. After suffering many strokes, Ibsen passed away at his house at Arbins gade 1 in Kristiania (now Oslo) in March 1900. He was laid to rest at Oslo's Vr Frelsers Gravlund, often known as "The Graveyard of Our Savior." Ibsen exclaimed "On the contrary" ("Tvertimod!") as his final words before passing away.