1. Ibsen
His plays made the everyday man confront himself and evaluate the society and himself with a different perspective. ... It was during the time young Ibsen "briefly assisted an apothecary and began medical studies before beginning a lifetime association with the theatre" that he began writing satire and elegant poems according to the style prevalent during that period. ... In Peer Gynt, the rebel is against society where a young man chooses to live a life of a waste, only to find himself, ultimately, living in a world of lost opportunities. ... Ibsen became so pop...
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- Grade Level: High School