Castles in the air-they are so easy to take refuge in. And easy to build, too.

Henrik Ibsen

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Topic

Delusion Dreams

Speaker

Hilda Wangel

Author

Henrik Ibsen

Source

The Master Builder

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play)

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Norwegian

Time

1892 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Norway Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Ibsen, Henrik. Bygmester Solness [The Master Builder]. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1892, act 3.

Current Citation

Ibsen, Henrik. "The Master Builder." The Master Builder and Other Plays, translated by Barbara Haveland and Anne-Marie Stanton-Ife. Penguin Classics, 2015, act 3.

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Time
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