Word: archrealist
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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...Wild Duck, the archrealist Ibsen conceded-long before O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh-that men need illusions to survive. The Ekdal family are happy so long as Hialmar Ekdal is ignorant of his wife's past and the true paternity of his child. Ibsen's exposure of Gregers Werle, the meddling idealist who enlightens Hialmar in the name of truth, is merciless. But his portrayal of flabby, feckless, self-excusing Hialmar is hardly less...
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