This collection ranges from the impassioned exposure of hypocrisy and deception in "Pillars of society" To the near-dreamline symbolism of "When we dead awaken." The treatments of the role of women in "A doll house"; of ...This collection ranges from the impassioned exposure of hypocrisy and deception in "Pillars of society" To the near-dreamline symbolism of "When we dead awaken." The treatments of the role of women in "A doll house"; of family guilt in "Ghosts; " Of sexuality in "Rosmersholm; " Of the individual vs. Society in "An ememy of the people; " Of the equally potent and poignant themes of the other plays - all continue to strike live nerve-endings of contemporary concern and sensibility.