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Ghost by Henrick Ibsen
GHOST Outline Our lives are build out of experiences. Depending on where we live, what we are going through, or our state of mind, we build our personal lives by making some concessions and adjustments in order to cope with others. In the play GHOST by Henrik Ibsen, Mrs. Alving and Pastor Manders are two characters whose stories differ because of secrets, misunderstandings, and masquerade.
I. Mrs. Alving's life is full of unbelievable secrets. A. She is the widow of Captain Alving.
B. Mrs. Alving's confession to pastor Manders.
C. Mrs. Alving is honoring he husband's memories by building the orphanage as a memorial to her late husband, who was an honored member of the community.
D. Mrs. Alving's only son chocking revelations.
II. Pastor Manders is a conventionalist and conservator who refuses changes, and whose misunderstanding led to misconceptions. He speaks for conventional morality, even though he does not seem to deeply believe in the course of action that convention would require.

A. Pastor Manders is misled by the hidden truth. Reality is not of primary concern to Pastor Manders. B. Pastor Manders is more concerned with appearance than with true moral behavior.
C. The pastor's bad action to destroy Mrs. Alving's work.

Conclusion: Our lives are full of stories that either become part of our strengths or our weakness. In order to save our images, our marriages, or the stability of our lives, people are ready to endure the worst experiences. Pastor Manders was never to discover the truth if Mrs. Alving didn't tell him. Although our secrets belong to our memories, we have to find a way to express them or to share them in order to release some of our burden.

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Our lives are build out of experiences. Depending on where we live, what we are going through, or our state of mind, we build our personal lives by making some concessions and adjustments in order to cope with others. Henrik Ibsen's play
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