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74 English J-Ionours . her fatal mistake. Indeed, a Clim -- -- -. __
. sh e reahzesd f r which thousands ~
an
loathing fOr. thetitumtion is b~ 1·1t' an d °
life , wh ile · of inno e Clfl ~;
their mothers concertinit chi~·
the sacred I~~ their happiness ~d
eo us ly criminal their life is. M
must pay w_1thout learning hoWtrU ~e ~
end wi th· even to the height of Underst
very k herself out of to thef h r ch ' ild 1·iv · rs. A~.
, wh o es andi 11.
who wor s1·£e
dissolute I of the father o e e in life, no outlet in cramped .....t
find no purpos for his exu.b Pro\\
d ings an d s
surroun '
through Oswald, whic h becomes 1·11umed to her. Mrs. Alving streranCe.:
. h travail affirms the greatne ugg
suffers mightilY an d in er - ss of human spi· l~:
l'lt
·
· . rta nc e of the Ac t-I I in th e play, Ghosts
Q.12. Exanune the th 1mpo
ene is unchanged, bu t now it ha ·
Ans. In the Act-II, e sc W s stopped .
'th d'
and a mi·s t obscure . s the outs1'de landscape. 1 Al inner fini'shed, Oswaldr~
lk d b wi·th the laundry, Mrs. vm .
a -vv:a 'an Re.gmaSheusy tel ls how she managed to hu sh up the
g and Manders cooUl,-
their conversat .
conduct by prion . h d scandalofA}n\li.it.
oviding Joanna with a an so d ·~
rie d off to Jacob Engstrand. Manders 1s m~ ow ry an d hav ing :
respectablymar sh oc ked tha t the
lied to him by confessing of his "ligh h • " ·th J cam ..
t be av1or w1 " oanna and so dec - 1"1<
pastor to perform the cerem~ny. H~ eived:
w co~ld a man, for a pa !~ seven
allow himself to be bound m marna ~ pou
ge to a fallen woman. Mrs. Alv r,
out that she was married to a "falle mg pi
n man," bu t Manders says the two
as different as night and day. Yes, his casesi
hostess agrees, there was a great
in the price paid, "between a pa dillera
ltry seventy pounds an d a whole
her family arranged the marriage, fortune"; besi~
for she was in love with someone
time. To answer her meaningful gla else att
nce, Manders weakly concludes
the match was made "in complete co thatatle:
nformity with law and order." I
that_law and order are "at the botto often ili:
m of all the misery in the world,"
Alvmg. She regrets her lifelong co reto~W ;
wardice. Were she no t such a cow
name of law and order, she ard mt
from beginning to end." says, "I would have told Oswald all I have told1
thManders points out that she taugh
t her son to idealize his father and
mtoth~~. shekmust feel forbidden to t
ru . as s Mrs Al · sh att er his ill us ions. "And what about'.
underlinin Ibse , · b ~ing. "Wha t ab ou t hi
g n s s id ea ls? " responds Mandt·
as1
Although Mrs Al . c equa tion that "ideals"
gets her in troubl~ s~ g Wishes to
. eq ua1· "lies".
quickly find a po st for Regina bef ()sll'i
should rather enco~ra ee r: et s h: ore ceit ~
r cowardice. To pr ev en t furthe
pastor. Manders is sh ~ d marn r ~etellst
age or any ot he r arrangement,
as to her so-called co ; ~. that sh
of his father. By being ar ice, he de
I_~ ~g. hte a coward
e can suggest a relationship bas
nie s the re wa s an
sh i¢
ed os1ii
y better way tote ..lid
r
ned and funi ' Mrs. Alvm .
g explains, she sucCU1~b s toy··
~a t -:; ev ~c an get rid of ~ u •· of f
Just e see4'g ghosts bef~ .
s e I am ob sessed by the pres~: 1

en I he ar d Regina an d Oswald ere itl

gho~ts, Mr. Manders. It is no~e :y in we a~.
ey es. I am ha lf in clined to thinl<fatlt
mo ers that exists again in b ° YWhat we ha ve inherited from our e~;
• ds~·
us, ut all SOrts of ol d de ad idea
s and all l<i1l