What Is The Subject Of Catilina By Henrik Ibsen

Born on March 20, 1828, in Skien, Norway, was Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen was the oldest out of his five siblings. Ibsen’s father, Knud, was a successful merchant. His Mother, Marichen, painted, played the piano and loved to go the theater. Ibsen gather his interest in becoming an artist, just like his mother. At the age of eight Ibsen and his family moved to rundown farm, because of financial issues that brought his family to poverty. At the age of fifteen, Ibsen dropped out of school and went to work. He earned a job as an apprentice in an apothecary in Grimstad, in which he worked there for six years. In 1849 Ibsen wrote his first play, “Catilina”, modeled after one of his great influence, William Shakespeare. The following year he moved to Christiana, to prepare for university examinations. Ibsen met friends, other writers and artists. One of his friends helped him publish his first play “Catilina”, but failed to get notice. A year later, Ibsen met violinist and theater manager Ole Bull. Bull offered him a job as writer and manager for the Norwegian theater in Bergen. This experience gave Ibsen practice to become a better and exceptional writer. Despite the negative comments and opinions …show more content…
This dance was not meant to be danced as entertainment, but as a cure dance and a courtship dance. During the courtship dance, women try to excite love to their partner, while in return the male tries to demonstrate his tenderness. During the Tarantella dance, it is consider unlucky to dance alone so it is danced by couples or two women. The cultural purpose of the Tarantella dance is to cure the bite of a tarantula. There are three possible origins of the Tarantella dance. But the main idea of all the origins was to make bitten victim dance, to sweat out all the venom of the tarantula. Up to this day, the Tarantella dance is stilled dance, not to cure a tarantula bite, but to keep the tradition