Peer Gynt has sought success in every place where it could not be found. At one shocking moment of insight he realises this when he hears Solveig singing that it was here with her that is empire was to be found. In the closing scene he is resting in Solveig´s lap, being rocked like a child - and she calls him "my boy". This scene presents a picture of Peer Gynt as an immature man who never grew up, and this is how Christiansen portrays the scene, with a large doll-like woman as one of the figures.
Christiansen, as an artist, is as far as it is possible to get from Peer Gynt and his uncommitted relationship to his surroundings. This emerges not least in her strong formative determination. She weeds out anything that can distract her from the perception of a unifying principle of form, a principle that removes anything inadvertent or irrelevant from her work.
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