In the tell-it-all style of dirty realism, a young playwright by the name of Henrik Johan Ibsen decided to push societal bounds by examining conditions of life and morality. Unfortunately, Ibsen lived at the height of Victorian morality.  Any subject matter not bowing to Victorian era conformity (strong ethics, sexual repression/ morality, and a Puritanical tolerance of crime) was first considered outrageous, and subsequently immoral. Non-the-less, he was determined to broadcast the reality behind many of the facades the age had produced. Continue reading →