تلخیص
In the course of literary criticism, various critics have been
analyzing the socio-economic and psychological dimensions of the
theme of suicide in Ibsen’s plays. In the present study of Ibsen’s
Rosmersholm (1886) and When We Dead Awaken (1899) the same
theme has been explored from a different angle in order to reveal
those provocative hidden motives that make an individual embrace
death so willingly. Consequently, suicide does not remain a selfdestructive act but a means to achieve union with one’s soul mate.
By committing twin suicides the true couples of the plays i.e.,
Rosmer, Rebecca and Rubek, Irene reach the zenith of
consummation, where the concept of suicide as an impulsive mental
condition is negated. Rather it becomes a hermit like reclusive state
of mind, when all the corporeal desires and worldly distractions
become meaningless and the glories of a peaceful existence of the
world hereafter manifest themselves to the ones who happily give
away their lives for it. Putting together the fragments of their
memories, these characters eventually enable themselves to
approach an integrated vision which in their perception leads them
to success but to the world may seem an utter failure resulting in
their fruitless deaths.
Nadia Anwar . (2006-2009) Consummation through Twin Suicides in Ibsen , Journal of Research ( Humanities), Volume XLII-XLV, Issue 1 .
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