Ghosts Play

The play "Ghosts" was written Henrik Ibsen in 1881. The play went for just over an hour but it seemed like an eternity. To say that only a few people liked this play would be an overstatement; I don't think anyone enjoyed it. The play was set in 1881 in a house owned by Helene. Helene lives in a country town in Norway. Back then in Norway they had very strict morals and such topics as sexually …

…recommend Ghosts to anyone. The structure of the play was its major downfall, having only one room to base the entire play, meant that the play felt like it wasn't going anywhere and consequently added to the already high boredom level. The play often involved Helene and Paster exchanging dialogue back and forth for over 30 minutes, this made the play extremely boring. It was also hard to follow because of the era of the play. 1.5/10