Throughout the history of the world, men and women of honor and accomplishment have had glorious titles bestowed upon them to signify their greatness. For example, in Czarist Russia, bringing vast amounts of new land to the empire would merit the title of "Great," as in Catherine the Great and Peter the Great. Such titles, however, are not just limited to political affairs, and powerful influence over any aspect of life should be met with …showed first 75 words of 3655 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3655 total…final plays and final years reflected back on his life and on his work, all of which were drawing to a close. Critics loved Ibsen and hated him, applauded his social writing or denounced it for being too shallow. Ibsen believed in change and progress, yet also wrote classical tragedies. In his long and storied career, Henrik Ibsen saw everything and wrote everything, which is how he became known as the Father of Modern Drama.