Manders Monologue from Ghosts: A Domestic Tragedy in Three Acts

From Ghosts: A Domestic Tragedy in Three Acts by Henrik Ibsen

male · philosophical · 42 sec

That is a very debatable question, Mrs. Alving. A child's own home is, and always must be, his proper place. (Oswald: There I agree entirely with Mr. Manders.) Take the case of your own son. Oh yes, we can talk about it before him. What has the result been in his case? He is six or seven and twenty, and has never yet had the opportunity of learning what a well-regulated home means. (Oswald: Excuse me, Mr. Manders, you are quite wrong there.) Indeed? I imagined that your life abroad had practically been spent entirely in artistic circles.

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