Resume of Ghosts and Argument By Yulika

G H O S T S

About Drama:

Ghosts, domestic tragedy in three acts by Henrik Ibsen is publication of Pennsylvania State University. This drama acts by Regina Engstrand, the young servant of Mrs Alving. Mr Engstrand is a Carpenter, Mrs Alving is a widow and she has a son, Oswald Alving is a painter, Mr. Mandors is a pastor of the parish and The other characters are Captain Alving is a Mrs Alving’s husband, Capten Alving and he passed away, then Johanna is Mr Alving’s servant and she married with Mr Engstrand. The action takes at Mrs Alving’s house on one of the larger fjords of Western Norway.

Plot Summary :

Regina is a servant of Mrs Alving’s house; Engstrand visited the Mrs Alving house because he wants to meet his daughter, Regina. Engstrand is a carpenter with deformity of his foot and he is a greedy schemer. He has forced to persuade Regina to living with him because he need someone with him that he can cling to, but Regina became a fussy girl and she never pay attention of his father’s desire to living with him. Regina prefer choose to stay in the Mrs Alving’s house and she expelled her father out up to the garden door. After that, Mr. Mander enters in to the room and comes nearer from Regina. He wears an overcoat, carries an umbrella because there is rain everyday. He always punctual to fulfill his promise because he makes an appointment with Mrs Alving, they are want to talk the business in that meeting. He opens an envelope and takes out some papers. He want to insure the orphanage but they decide to makes note about their decide no insurance in the orphanage.

Oswald come in them and smoking a big meerschaum pipe and accost to Mr Mander, he has been living abroad in Italy. His travels through Europe have inspired him become a talented painter. Mrs Alving said to Mr Mander that he believes her son like his father. She asks the Mr Mander to remember how miserable she was. Actually, Oswald’s father is a Capten. He was having an affair with the servant, her name Johanna. However, Johanna was expelled by Mrs Alving from her house. After she leave mistress’ house, she married with Engstrand. Engstrand never told to Regina about their real parent. She is a child of an affair of Capten Alving and Johanna, the servant of Mrs Alving’s house.

Then, Mrs Alving explained that his husband ever having an affair with Johanna, and she ever heard voice when Mr Alving was flirting Johanna. Actually, Oswald does not know about his father. He has a desire to marry Regina, but her mother prevents it because they are half-siblings. Suddenly, Mrs Alving and Mr Mander hear Regina call out from the kitchen, asking Oswald to let her go, they are horrified. Mrs Alving says that it is ghosts. As they enter the dining room, she insists that Mr Mander say nothing. Mrs Alving look at that Oswald was flirting Regina same as when Captain Alving flirted Johanna. Although Oswald and Regina do not know that they are half-siblings.

Alving has an orphanage and it was burned, and it is no insurance. Oswald has a disease and he has some morfin, doctor expects that his disease is heritage from her father. Then, Regina gets out from Mrs Alving’s house because she knows that she is the young sister of Oswald. In the end, Oswald asks into his mother to give him the sun. Her mother panics and searches for the pills.

Argument:                                   

Ghost in this drama is figurative of Johanna that haunts Mr Alving. Mrs Alving does not see ghosts, but she does see that the past is repeating itself by Regina and Oswald. Style of this script consider good style and very interesting and the other side, Regina use French. This is an interesting drama that delivered by the author, Henrik Ibsen. This drama can make the readers increasing the vocabulary because this script is using many of difficult words. However, Ibsen is hanging this story. I do not know how the ending of this story about Oswald and Regina.