Review: An Enemy of the People
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
| A century later, this play seems as relevant as ever. What power does a person of science and medicine have against the rich, the powerful, the mass of pubic opinion, the corrupt? Do facts and science matter? Are we willing to betray our principles for our short-term gain? To betray our health and the health of our children? Can we face an enemy we cannot see, a disease, when our imagination fails to believe it? Is the answer to the worst of democracy some aristocracy of “superior” people? In the end, is it really true “that the strongest man [sic] in the world is he who stands most alone”? |