# Hypocrisy and Social Convention in Ghosts

> Theme guide for Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen.

The play exposes the gap between public morality and private truth, as characters like Mrs. Alving maintain a facade of respectability while concealing Captain Alving's debauchery and the true parentage of Regina.

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