Rakkauden komedia (1862) 3-näytöksinen komedia

by Henrik Ibsen

"Rakkauden komedia" by Henrik Ibsen is a play written in 1862. Two students spend summer at a widow's country house, where they fall for her daughters. Falk, an aspiring poet, declares his radical views that marriage destroys love, sparking fierce debate with other guests. He pursues Svanhild to be his muse for as long as passion lasts. The comedy presents opposing positions on marriage through exaggerated characters, while Ibsen critiques bourgeois society's norms. The controversial work sparked outrage and was deemed "immoral" upon publication.