- All's Well That Ends Well
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After Oswald’s doctor informs him that he has inherited syphilis from Captain Alving, he insists that this couldn’t possibly be true. To convince the doctor, he shows him letters from his mother, in which Mrs. Alving writes about Captain Alving’s supposedly respectable and moral nature. Of course, the audience knows that none of this is true, but Oswald hasn’t yet learned that his father was an alcoholic and an adulterer. As a result, he decides to blame himself for having contracted syphilis. This is a rather difficult moment to understand, because it’s unclear whether or not Oswald blames himself for…