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An Analysis Of Stockmann's Enemy Of The People

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Once it is revealed that Dr. Stockmann’s discovery would plunge the town into economic ruin, his society casts him as an “enemy of the people,” ignoring the Stockmann’s conveyed dangers of the Baths and instead focusing on the drawbacks of accepting his findings as correct. Embodied in the vote to label Stockmann an “enemy of the people” is the irreversible decision by society to prioritize economic prosperity over ethics and the truth, rendering Stockmann’s findings irrelevant. He is now an enemy of society, portrayed especially in the townspeople’s destruction of Stockmann’s personal property following the vote. The resolution to this conflict is each side becoming more polarized, with the townspeople having an actual hatred towards Stockmann,
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