Peer Gynt - Analysis

Analysis

Klaus Van Den Berg argues that Peer Gynt

"is a stylistic minefield: its origins are romantic, but the play also anticipates the fragmentations of emerging modernism. Chronicling Peer's journey from the Norwegian mountains to the North African desert, the cinematic script blends poetry with social satire and realistic scenes with surreal ones. The irony of isolated individuals in a mass society infuses Ibsen's tale of two seemingly incompatible lovers—the deeply committed Solveig and the superficial Peer, who is more a surface for projections than a coherent character."