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Ibsen's most "modern" plays show at their center the violent rebellion against the smallness of mankind. These plays, including Pillars of Society, A Doll's House, Ghosts, and An Enemy of the People, stand as blows against the petty forces in society hindering man from obeying the call to be oneself. Society is seen often as something that forces the human being into an unwelcome mold and thus as stifling the real character of the human animal, a character that would be freer and more expressive (Whicher 171).
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