By Aashiq
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I used to love this play. I loved Henrik Ibsen’s
presentation of mental health problems. I thought Oswald had some sort of
neurological problem that affected his mental health and eventually led to
insanity. Then I grew up a bit and realised that the play was actually about
venereal disease and that the neurological problems were a result of the
physical problems, and the mental health problems were what anyone would feel
in that situation. So I went off it a little bit, not so much because of the
subject matter but because it wasn’t the play I thought it was. I loved the
idea of the ‘worm-eaten’ mind. That is exactly how mental health can be. Negative
thoughts burrow their way into your brain and eat it from the inside out…
actually, I won’t continue this totally gross metaphor, but I’m sure you get
the idea.
