does anyone know where can i find a FREE summary on line of master builder by Henry Ibsen?

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i need summary of master builder, red roses for me and mrs. warren's profession but i can't find a free one online..... this is for our english class and i badly needed this.

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Answer 2

last link is George Bernard Shaw's 'Mrs. Warren's Profession'...


Here's the master builder...by Ibsen...

The action of the play occurs in the home of Halvard Solness, a middle-aged architect who has clawed his way to prominence. His single-minded focus on his job, however, has hardened him and prevented him and his wife Aline from having a meaningful private life. The costs of Solness's ambition are also symbolized in Solness's assistant, Knut Brovik, Solness's former employer whom he "scalped" to reach the top. Brovik, now dying, wants his son Ragnar to have more independence in the firm. Solness, however, fears that he will be eclipsed by a younger generation of architects, and refuses to allow Ragnar either to design original houses or to leave the firm and strike out on his own.

Into this tension comes Hilde Wangel, a vivacious young woman who has idolized Solness since ten years before, when, in the early stages of his career, he had built a large church in her hometown and climbed to the top of its tower during its dedication ceremony. While in town, Solness had promised Hilde, then a girl of twelve, "a kingdom"; now, Hilde says earnestly, she has come to collect her kingdom. In long conversations with Hilde, Solness describes his career and his frustration with how his ambition has kept him from achieving true satisfaction. Hilde urges him to allow Ragnar Brovik to leave the firm; Solness eventually acquiesces.

The play's final part deals with a new house which Solness has been building for himself and his wife. Now nearly complete, the house features a tall tower which both Solness and his wife fear is too great for him to climb in the dedication ceremony (like the one in Hilde's hometown). However, at Hilde's repeated requests, Solness agrees to make the climb, telling her that the two of them will together build "castles in the air ... the most wonderful thing in the world." In the play's final scene, Solness climbs to the top of the tower, but then falls to his death.