Enemy of the People

The enemy of the people or the Norwegian (En Folkefiende) is a play written by Norwegian theater writer Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen wrote the play as a reaction after being subjected to criticism that followed him in an exaggerated manner after publishing his precedent play and which was titled "Ghosts", and that was considered an explicit time for its explicit dealing with a subject of genital diseases, which was a sign of it to spread corruption, the decline of social values ​​and the damage to the In the family, as a result, and by dealing with this issue, it was considered contrary to morals, at least from the perspective of the Victorian ethics that prevailed during that period, in response to this, Ibsen directed his attack in this play to the roughness against him, which only thinks when this thinking does not contradict its interests. The play revolves around the relations between its residents and its supporters and those who are familiar with each other, in a coastal Norwegian town, with the exception of specific personalities. The play addresses social problems, mainly, dealing with the exploitative tendency of influential owners and providing their personal interest in the public interest, and also addresses the phenomenon of extravagance and luxury amounts that harm the economy and increase the screws on the lower class members.