China and the West

Yuan, Zhenying. Kui lei jia ting [ID D26170].
Er schreibt : "In 1879, the play Nora was published. The play is sometimes also calles A doll's house or The model family and is the most famous of Ibsen's best works. The purpose of the play is to expose hypocrisy in society as well as in the family. In this play, a woman's place in the family is compared to that of a bird in a golden cage. In this way, the evils of the family are revealed. A woman has her own duties, which are not in taking care of the hunsband and the children, but in her own education, independence and freedom as a real human being."
Tam Kwok-kan : As for Ghosts, Yuan regards it as a sequel to A doll's house and he thinks that the tragedy of Mrs. Alving lies precisely in her cowardice, whereas Nora's leaving homs "shows to women a hopeful future. She is an angel of revolution and a ringing bell to society". Comparing the two plays, Yuan affirms that while Ghosts is a tragedy of heredity, A doll's house is one of marriage. An enemy of the people, Yuan furthermore asserts, is a sequel to A doll's house and Ghosts. While Mars. Alving succumbs to social expectation, Dr. Stockmann revolts against it. Concerning the theme of An enemy of the people, Yuan hold the same conviction as Hu Shi that "the minority are necessarily correct, and the majority not". Yuan's study of Ibsen's plays provided the Chinese some basic ideas of the dramatist.