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** In 1869, fellow poet Bjørnson campaigned all over Norway on behalf of the leftists (although he himself was unable to cast any votes), to secure a majority for them in parliament. Thus, it is no wonder that the more sarcastic Ibsen couldn`t resist the urge to make fun of Bjørnson`s cause - while he actually supported it. The "League of youth" has a real equivalent in the "reform movement" that would become the core of the Norwegian Leftist party over time.
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* TakeThat: In this play, Ibsen gives a satirical take on the fact that the Norwegian political system was growing stale, and slowly going into a gerontocratic rule, where a small elite of landowners had all the political power. That system gradually stiffened, until parliamentarism was established 15 years later, in 1884. The young and idealistic Stensgaard is routed by the older men, and they shrewdly state that he ''will'' get into parliament in due time, and when that happens, he will be just as cynical as the rest of them.
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* TakeThat: In this play, Ibsen gives a satirical take on the fact that the Norwegian political system was growing stale, and slowly going into a gerontocratic rule, where a small elite of landowners had all the political power. That system gradually stiffened, until parliamentarism was established 15 years later, in 1884. The young and idealistic Stensgaard is routed by the older men, and they shrewdly state that he ''will'' get into parliament in due time, and when that happens, he will be just as cynical as the rest of them. The year 1869 was the starting point for the political struggle that eventuyally led to the breakthrough for parliamentarism in Norwegian politics.
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* FromRagsToRiches: Selma Bratsberg, the daughter-in-law of the Chamberlain. She grew up in poverty, was groomed by Daniel Heire and eventually got married to Erik Bratsberg. Because of the false banknote, she threatens to break marriage and go back to the streets, performing vaudevilles.
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* RagsToRiches: Selma Bratsberg, the daughter-in-law of the Chamberlain. She grew up in poverty, was groomed by Daniel Heire and eventually got married to Erik Bratsberg. Because of the false banknote, she threatens to break marriage and go back to the streets, performing vaudevilles.
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* FromRagsToRiches: Selma Bratsberg, the daughter-in-law of the Chamberlain. She grew up in poverty, was groomed by Daniel Heire and eventually got married to Erik Bratsberg. Because of the false banknote, she threatens to break marriage and go back to the streets, performing vaudevilles.
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* IntrepidReporter: Aslaksen, the newspaper man. He is known for making up stories and scandals when the paper sells badly.
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* IntrepidReporter: Aslaksen, the newspaper man. He is known for making up stories and scandals when the paper sells badly.badly.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Stensgaard is called into action by Monsen, Aslaksen and Heire, and starts off his political career with a RousingSpeech, before creating a new party.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Stensgaard is called into action by Monsen, Aslaksen and Heire, and starts off his political career with a RousingSpeech, before creating a new party.
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* YesMan: Ringdal, the second in command of Bratsberg.
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* YesMan: Ringdal, the second in command of Bratsberg.Bratsberg.
* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Invoked most prominently by old Lundestad.
* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Invoked most prominently by old Lundestad.
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* MissingMom: The Bratsberg and Monsen families both have missing moms. Thora and Ragna are quite alike in many respects.
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* MissingMom: The Bratsberg and Monsen families both have missing moms. Thora and Ragna are quite alike in many respects. respects.
* TheMole: Heire. He feigns animosity towards Bratsberg to gain Stensgaard`s trust, then seemingly leads him on, until Stensgaard makes a complete ass of himself, and his grand schemes come down to nothing.
* TheMole: Heire. He feigns animosity towards Bratsberg to gain Stensgaard`s trust, then seemingly leads him on, until Stensgaard makes a complete ass of himself, and his grand schemes come down to nothing.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: The play ends with the same power structure as before, and it seems nothing will ever change it. The only difference is the bankruptcy of Monsen.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: The play ends with the same power structure as before, and it seems nothing will ever change it. The only difference is the bankruptcy of Monsen. Implicated that the MP Lundestad (and Daniel Heire) obstructs Stensgaard to keep the status quo. Bratsberg benefits from it.
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* SocialClimber: Stensgaard. Also Monsen. The two are friends at the start of the play, until Stensgaard ditchs Monsen for Bratsberg, who is even more elite.
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* SocialClimber: Stensgaard. Also Monsen. The two are friends at the start of the play, until Stensgaard ditchs ditches Monsen for Bratsberg, who is even more elite.elite. It is said that Monsen quite desperately tries to make a social network to benefit from, but is constantly obstructed by Bratsberg (or so he feels).
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* TheBeautifulElite: The Bratsberg family. Inherited wealth and as close as you ever get to nobility in Norway (the title of "chamberlain" was in use at the time).
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* SocialClimber: Monsen. He gained his wealth through speculation, starting off as a lumberjack, trading in forest and timber.
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* SocialClimber: SelfMadeMan: Mons Monsen. He gained his wealth through speculation, starting off as a lumberjack, trading in forest and timber.
* SocialClimber: Stensgaard. Also Monsen. The two are friends at the start of the play, until Stensgaard ditchs Monsen for Bratsberg, who is even more elite.
* SocialClimber: Stensgaard. Also Monsen. The two are friends at the start of the play, until Stensgaard ditchs Monsen for Bratsberg, who is even more elite.
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* MissingMom: The Bratsberg and Monsen families both have missing moms. Thora and Ragna are quite alike in many respects.
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* RealitySubtext: The Bratsberg area is actually found outside the city of Skien, where Ibsen grew up. Daniel Heire is said to have some traits in common with Knud Ibsen, the author`s father, up to and including a bankruptcy. Stensgaard is also modelled on Ibsen`s RealLife rival Bjørnson, who arguably got offended by the play, although this was a friendly jab at best.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The false banknote could have been used as a political instrument in the hands of Stensgaard, but being the NaiveNewcomer he actually is, he presents it to the elder gentlemen, who tells him it has no value after all. At the end, Stensgaard gives it back to the Chamberlain, and looses the gambit.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The false banknote could have been used as a political instrument in the hands of Stensgaard, but being the NaiveNewcomer he actually is, he presents it to the elder gentlemen, who tells him it has no value after all. At the end, Stensgaard gives it back to the Chamberlain, and looses the gambit. gambit.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Lampshaded prominently by Aslaksen. Being a newspaper editor, he should know it. His enthusiastic recurring line is: "Now there will be life in the local conditions". It seems he is hounding Stensgaard just to stir things up a bit.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Lampshaded prominently by Aslaksen. Being a newspaper editor, he should know it. His enthusiastic recurring line is: "Now there will be life in the local conditions". It seems he is hounding Stensgaard just to stir things up a bit.
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* FauxdianSlip: Heire is good at insulting people by using this. Seemingly on purpose. Stensgaard calls him out in it.
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* ApatheticCitizens: Discussed. Aslaksen underlines the fact that the common folk prefer a newspaper of the "lower" sort - or it is easier to sell that kind of paper. When Stensgaard came along, the paper started to publish political leanings and opinions, and the sales dropped instantly.
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* AlcoholHic: Aslaksen is a little on the wet side. Stensgaard calls him out on it. The trait serves as a ChekhovsGun.
* ChekhovsGunman: Aslaksen. The final proposal of Stensgaard goes awry because Aslaksen is drunk, and produces the wrong letter to Madam Rundholmen (the third of Stensgaard`s possible engagements). Thus, the Madam is eganged to Bastian Monsen, not Stensgaard, at the end of the play, and Stensgaard has lost his last chance of marrying for property, and by default, his rightful place in parliament.
* ChekhovsGunman: Aslaksen. The final proposal of Stensgaard goes awry because Aslaksen is drunk, and produces the wrong letter to Madam Rundholmen (the third of Stensgaard`s possible engagements). Thus, the Madam is eganged to Bastian Monsen, not Stensgaard, at the end of the play, and Stensgaard has lost his last chance of marrying for property, and by default, his rightful place in parliament.
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* OutGambited: Stensgaard is well and truly outgambited by Lundestad.
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* IdiotBall: Stensgaard makes a show for the greatest IdiotBall in any play ever written by Ibsen, missing out on all his chances whatsoever.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The false banknote could have been used as a political instrument in the hands of Stensgaard, but being the NaiveNewcomer he actually is, he presents it to the elder gentlemen, who tells him it has no value after all. At the end, Stensgaard gives it back to the Chamberlain, and looses the gambit.
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* OutGambited: Stensgaard is well and truly outgambited by Lundestad.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Fjeldbo calls Stensgaard out on this when he suddenly turns his viewpoint 180 degrees because he was invited to a party at the Chamberlain`s - and then goes on to propose to his daughter, who unbeknownst to him is betrothed to Fjeldbo.
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* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Stated almost literally by many others against Stensgaard. The trope could pass as the premise of the whole play.
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* WildCard: Daniel Heire. At the start of the play, he is seemingly at odds with the Chamberlain. In the second act, it is revealed that the two of them actually are old friends. During the play, he is always scheming, changing sides all the time.
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* MilesGloriosus / NaiveNewcomer: Stensgaard manages to fit them both. Nice work if you can get it.
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* RedHerring: A false bank note, who could be the downfall of Bratsberg, forged by his son Erik. Stensgaard gets a hold of it, and he could possibly use it against the chamberlain. Lundestad convinces him that the note is useless, so he sends it back to Bratsberg, and nothing ever comes of it.
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* UpperClassTwit: Erik, the son of chamberlain Bratsberg plays it straight.
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* SocialClimber: Monsen. He gained his wealth through speculation, starting off as a lumberjack, trading in forest and timber.
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* WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons: Bratsberg has this opinon, not at least of Monsen, who worked his way up the ranks from being a simple lumberjack.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Fjeldbo, the local doctor.
* ReallyGetsAround: Implied with Stensgaard. There was some backstory with a girl he was betrothed to. Then he proposes to three women in a row, and ends up loosing all of them.
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* WideEyedIdealist: Stensgaard is idealistic, but also easy to convince. Too bad he is ousted by two master manipulators.
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* YesMan: Ringdal, the second in command of Bratsberg.
* YesMan: Ringdal, the second in command of Bratsberg.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To Theatre/AnEnemyOfThePeople. Alaksen the newspaper man occurs in both plays. Stensgaard is clearly an antithesis of Stockman.
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* PeriodPiece: Oh, so much. The year of the play is 1869, and Lundestad clearly states that he has been in parliament since 1839. Bratsberg also comments on his father, who was gaining his wealth during the time of the UsefulNotes/NorwegianConstituentAssembly.
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* TakeThat: In this play, Ibsen gives a satirical take on the fact that the Norwegian political system was growing stale, and slowly going into a gerontocratic rule, where a small elite of landowners had all the political power. That system gradually stiffened, until parliamentarism was established 15 years later, in 1884. The young and idealistic Stensgaard is routed by the older men, and they shrewdly state that he ''will'' get into parliament in due time, and when that happens, he will be just as cynical as the rest of them.
** Also a take on the property rules, which makes up the rather hilarious "getting married fast" plotline.
** Also a take on the property rules, which makes up the rather hilarious "getting married fast" plotline.
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* DaddysGirl: Thora Bratsberg, the Chamberlain`s daughter. Also Ragna, daughter of Monsen.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: The play ends with the same power structure as before, and it seems nothing will ever change it. The only difference is the bankruptcy of Monsen.
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* IntrepidReporter: Aslaksen, the newspaper man. He is known for making up stories and scandals when the paper sells badly.
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* RousingSpeech: Stensgaard holds one in the first act, led on by Heire. This leads to the forming of a new political party: ''The League of Youth''.
* TitleDrop: The League of Youth is quite naturally mentioned a number of times during the play.
* TitleDrop: The League of Youth is quite naturally mentioned a number of times during the play.
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'''The League of Youth''' is a pretty lighthearted, but somewhat snarky comedy written by Creator/HenrikIbsen in 1869. The play relates the rise and fall of the young attorney Stensgaard, who has political ambitions, and falls heavily on his nose because he constantly listens to the wrong people. The satire concerns the fact that any political ambition had to connect to property, and hence, Stensgaard is set on marrying the daughter of a wealthy landowner. If only.
The problem is, there are two of them: The chamberlain Bratsberg, who owns the iron mines, and the property and forest magnate Monsen. The two are at odds because of their wealth, rivaling on who should run the local politics. Both also have daughters, and Stensgaard tries to propose to both of them. Unfortunately, economics make the possibility of bankruptcy for both of them, and Stensgaard is uncertain because the girls can lose their income. And he will then lose his possible place in parliament. Finally, he ends up a bachelor, when the girls marry other men.
Stensgaard is also lured into some stupid decisions by the older and more experienced MP Lundestad, a shrewd farmer. He also gets tricked by the master manipulator Heire, who schemes against all the others. In the end, Stensgaard is run out of town, and status quo is preserved.
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Stensgaard all the way. He never learns.
* ManipulativeBastard: Daniel Heire and farmer Lundestad, the old politician.
* OnlySaneMan: Fjellbo, the doctor. He also serves as a {{foil}} to Stensgaard and his grand schemes.
* WideEyedIdealist: Stensgaard is idealistic, but also easy to convince. Too bad he is ousted by two master manipulators.
The problem is, there are two of them: The chamberlain Bratsberg, who owns the iron mines, and the property and forest magnate Monsen. The two are at odds because of their wealth, rivaling on who should run the local politics. Both also have daughters, and Stensgaard tries to propose to both of them. Unfortunately, economics make the possibility of bankruptcy for both of them, and Stensgaard is uncertain because the girls can lose their income. And he will then lose his possible place in parliament. Finally, he ends up a bachelor, when the girls marry other men.
Stensgaard is also lured into some stupid decisions by the older and more experienced MP Lundestad, a shrewd farmer. He also gets tricked by the master manipulator Heire, who schemes against all the others. In the end, Stensgaard is run out of town, and status quo is preserved.
!! Tropes:
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Stensgaard all the way. He never learns.
* ManipulativeBastard: Daniel Heire and farmer Lundestad, the old politician.
* OnlySaneMan: Fjellbo, the doctor. He also serves as a {{foil}} to Stensgaard and his grand schemes.
* WideEyedIdealist: Stensgaard is idealistic, but also easy to convince. Too bad he is ousted by two master manipulators.
