Alving agreed, on going without insurance. This is doubly problematic because Pastor Manders insisted, and Mrs.

Alving is about to let them know this can't happen – they don't know they're brother and sister – a fire burns down the orphanage. He's terminally ill with syphilis (the same illness his father had) and has come home to die, hopefully with the help of Regina, whom he intends to marry. She tells Pastor Manders the truth about her husband, but still wants to keep it hidden from Oswald. Alving has been reading radical books and openly agrees with her son's radical ideas about sex. Now he has more reason to scold his old flame, as Mrs. Pastor Manders sent her home, citing her duty and his need to protect his reputation. Alving was in love with him and once fled to him from her husband. Pastor Manders is a minister in town and the executor of the Alving Estate. This daughter, Regina, was brought up by the carpenter Engstrand and now works in Mrs.

She sent her son, Oswald, away at age seven to protect him from the polluting influence of his father, who also had an illegitimate daughter by a servant. Alving kept his true behavior – alcoholism, womanizing, and illness – secret for twenty years. Alving is the widow of Captain Alving (also called Chamberlain Alving), a gentleman widely respected in his community. They are all convening on Rosenvold, the Alving estate, to dedicate the Captain Alving Memorial Orphanage. For the characters in Ghosts, tomorrow is a big day.

Ghosts by henrik ibsen