Character Analysis Of Baths In An Enemy Of The People

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In the play An Enemy of the People we see how each characters shows their feelings differently. Each character is motivated by different things which causes them to act in that way. All the characters end up in conflicts because of their different views about the real truth of the Baths. For example, the Mayor acts the way he does because he’s motivated by money. And all he cares about is money and not about the wellbeing of others. Doctor Stockmann on the other hand is trying to expose the truth because of his concern of the public’s health he doesn’t take anything else into consideration when wanting to reveal the truth behind the baths. His wife supports Doctor Stockmann because she’s motivated by family and loyalty towards her husband. …show more content…

Stockmann is finally going to have his say. Regardless of the fact that the paper has rejected to print his article about the Baths, he's called a communal meeting to read his conclusions out loud. Unluckily, the Mayor manipulates the rules of meeting and keeps his brother from reading the destructive information. Dr. Stockmann instead introduces into an angry debate. He now sees that the truth he is trying to uncover goes much deeper than the dirty waters of the Baths or the dishonesty of local politicians. Stockmann goes off about how the real enemy of the truth in the country is the members of the oblivious main stream people who are afraid to hear it. The Doctor's words not only cause a riot, but also get him banded as an enemy of the people. Stockmann's speech at the lecture is the closest he comes to speaking the truth about how he feels about the people and what is happening to him. He surely does not shy away from being honest and angry with Peter and the newspapermen, but his tone becomes mocking and hostile with the people. He criticizes them, in some words, for being oblivious and useless and failing to live up to the promise of the species. He is not satisfied to let them off the hook for their behavior. Part of his speech, particularly the tone symbolic of his frustration, but his actual words are not far off from the

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