Karsten Bernick has a dilemma in the play "A Pillar of the Community" by Ibsen.
Does he tell the truth, or does he continue a lie of convience that has been festering for years ? What do you do when you are faced with the results of your poor choice ?
I believe part of the reason that this play is not as well known as the others by Ibsen is there is a driving force to make you look within. At the part of you that you want to hold private. The comfortable position that observers would take would have Mr Bernick suffer in some way for his lies. Instead he seems to get away with it. How un-comfortable.
What would I do? Tell the truth, or hold out as long as I could ? I'm really not sure.
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