Characterization in Ibsen’s Ghosts

 Mrs. Helene Alving

Mrs. Alving lives with her maidservant, Regina, in a mansion in Norway'scountryside. She married her late husband, Captain Alving, at her relatives’ suggestion, but she had a horrible marriage. She ran away once, to Pastor Manders, to whom she was attracted, but he made her return to her husband. She endured her husband's debauchery but sent away their son, Oswald, at the age of seven, with the hope that he would never discover his dead father's immorality. (His father died ten years before the start of the play.) Mrs. Alving has established an orphan asylum (an orphanage) to memorialize his death, and it is schedule to be dedicated the following day. She doesn't want anyone to doubt that he was a good and honorable man. At the same time, she is a free-thinking. woman and feels compelled to tell her son the truth about his father.

Pastor Manders

Pastor Manders is a local priest from the nearby town. He often lectures othersabout morality and religion. Sometimes, his financial dealings regarding the orphanage seem suspect, and he is also quick to bend to public opinion. He believes that Mrs. Alving should not have abandoned her husband and should not have sent her son into the world at such an early age. He is easily shocked.

Oswald Alving

At the play's start, Oswald has come home to spend the winter with his mother. He has most recently been in Italy, living a relatively bohemian life. He is also a promising painter. Pastor Manders believes that he has strayed from what is moral and also finds him reminiscent of his father. Oswald is by nature idealistic. Recently, however, he has felt a profound listlessness, for which he blames himself. He also shows a romantic interest in Regina.

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