Comment on the representation of women in the drama Ghost by Ibsen.

Mrs. Alving, the female lead in the play, resists society in her own way. She tries to understand new ideas and orient those in her own way, yet she never wants to understand the truth. Her entire life is a disaster because she not only uses lies but also uses others to comfort herself. She knows reality, questions it, and yet doesn’t act. Other female characters in the play are Regina and Johanna. They do not have the luxury of money nor the upper class, and they have never gotten the social respect that Mrs. Alving receives. They grapple not only for respect but also for sustenance. This is the reason that they use everything they can to climb the social ladder. Regina, for instance, uses social pretenses of beautiful dresses, mannerisms, and even her own sex to achieve these. The lower-class female characters in Ibsen’s Ghosts are unconventional and know how to question and manage to survive in the ravenous world.