The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone

Anyone sick of party politics would probably like this book, as there are some fantastic quotes inside against them. Personally I don't think it was one of the best of Ibsen's work, although looking at it form the viewpoint of the play being a rebuttal to the outrage over his play "Ghosts" makes it pretty funny. It is definitely one of his simpler plays, with one main story and nothing really winding off of it. I'm not so fond of the characters, like Petra and Mrs. Stockmann, who seemed to bend too easily to fall behind Dr. Stockmann. Petra did remain static in her rebelliousness, but it just seemed too extreme to be plausible to me, especially once she realizes that her admirer had only taken up the cause for her sake. Mrs. Stockmann was so against her husband's cause but just decided that she would fully support him when others left his cause. I just don't believe that she would change that easily, she still did have doubt, but nothing near what she had before. Despite those few nit-picks, I still loved the play. It was interesting in the end and I simply didn't want to put it down. I liked the fact that they questioned what the majority wanted and what was the "right" thing to do. It was very thought provoking.