Compare and Contrast of Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekov
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In comparing one, the father of modern drama, Henrik Ibsen and the other, a highly respected playwright in the latter nineteenth century, Anton Chekov, you have to use two words more than once, dramatic and controversial. Ibsen wrote storylines in the late 19th century that would make the cut for some of our soap operas in the 21st century. They both wrote things in their stories that people weren't ready to here at that point in time. They also were writers who were ahead of their time, in terms of their ideas and the social problems that they wrote about things that people didn't discuss in public. An example being the societal impact that the Ibsen play A Doll's House had, people would read the play with jaws dropped and gasps coming from their mouths. It was something that the people of Norway weren't ready for but had to deal with. Their similarities don't end with their plays; their personal lives were similar as well.
The lives of both Chekov and Ibsen are very similar in some instances, for example, they both wanted to study medicine in college. Only problem with that was that Ibsen didn't pass the entrance examination. Ibsen's friends had often extended financial help to enable him to
live and work as a playwright...