This article will explore the relationship between spouses in The Lady from the Sea from the point of view the difference between exchange and gift giving. In society, and in marriage, exchange plays a major role. Because of the division of labor goods are exchanged within society and between different societies. Within marriage, exchange of different kinds of use values also plays a major role, and Ibsen is certainly aware of this: Marriage is a contract that explicitly or implicitly oblige the spouses to take care of and service each other in different ways. And this article attempts to prove that this is the core conflict in the pay.
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