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4.3.B.An Enemy of the Peoplo, Theme, An Enemy of the People, a realistic play by Ibsen, boldly tackles the municipal, politics of a Norwegian town and exposes the hypocrisy and cowardice of the Progressives, and the Democrats. Like all the plays in this series. moral conflict is a significant, element. It deals with the extent to which individual desires and beliefs are compromised, by society. In particular, the play focuses on the ways in which an individual can be, ostracized by the society he is trying to help. The problems of the play's hero, Dr., Stockmann, are not far removed from the problems that Ibsen experienced after the, publication of Ghosts. In a letter written around the time of the play's composition,, Ibsen noted: "Dr. Stockmann and I got on excellently together; we agree on so many, subjects.", Dr. Stockmann, the central character of the play eventually wins his point, even, though by that time he is ahead of the masses., You will find this play still relevant to our times as Ibsen attacks the social evils, of his times, notably the status of women and the squeamishness of the nineteenth, century about the open discussion of moral problems.