glance, to be quite unrealistic, the actuality of each of them is much more plausible after
             a close analysis of the Freudian symbols in the play. Then, an accurate personality for
             The first obvious symbol in the play is the characters' perpetual references to
             "rooms." Solness fears that the youth will not "make room" for him, and the room
             symbolizes the womb - a place where Solness can take refuge from his ever-present
             desires and return to innocence (Ibsen 115). He emphatically shouts, "make room - make
             And, "make room" is precisely what Mrs. Solness does. Offering Hilda
             hospitality, she immediately becomes concerned with preparing a room for the child.
             Again, Mrs. Solness is presented as the mother and quickly welcomes Hilda into her
             womb and intends to care for the child as a mother would. In contrast to Solness'
             exclamation, "There's not that much room here," (Ibsen 157) Mrs. Solness states,
             "There's more than enough room" (Ibsen 632). In the same way, Hilda is given the
             children's room and this symbolizes her role as Mrs. Solness' lost child. Unfortunately,
             Hilda's identity issues prevent her from assuming the role Mrs. Solness needs and wishes
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