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Suicide in Ibsen's Plays
Author(s) -
Lester David
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1972.tb00454.x
Subject(s) - dependency (uml) , relation (database) , ideal (ethics) , marine transgression , psychology , criminology , psychoanalysis , history , philosophy , engineering , epistemology , geology , computer science , data mining , paleontology , systems engineering , structural basin
The suicides and homicides in Ibsen's plays are examined in relation to Hendin's hypotheses about Scandinavian suicide. In general, the suicides had dependency loss characteristics; the victim‐precipitated homicides had characteristics of guilt over transgression, as expected. However, elements of suicide as a vehicle for preserving or restoring an ideal self‐image were also present in many of the characters, suggesting that Hendin's conclusions about the Scandinavians may be oversimplifications.