Cowardice is one of the factors that contribute to injustices in many societies even today. Write a composition giving clear evidence of this based on the play.

2.  C (i) The Mayor is a coward
    -he fears losing the next election
    -he fears facing the people to admit having messed up the construction of  the Baths, especially the laying of the conduit pipes
            The resultant injustice
           -the citizens’ lives and those of the visitors are exposed to dangerous  diseases e.g. typhoid and gastric fevers because he insists on lying that the Baths are clean
         C (ii) The aristocrats (owners of the baths) are cowards
-    They fear losing money through funding the relaying of the conduit pipes. Injustice
-    They attempt to pass the cost onto the middle and low class rate payers who have no stake in the project.
          C (iii) The press are cowards.
-    They fear losing their jobs if the people’s messenger fails to get funding from Aslaksen for printing.
-    They also fear the Mayor’s wrath
        Injustice
    -They fail in their duty of upholding and publishing the truth for the sake of the people and allow contamination, disease and death to continue to be a threat
C (iv) The school administration are cowards.
-    They fear the public after Dr. Stockmann has been declared public enemy.
Injustice
-    Mrs. Busk apologetically dismisses Petra knowing well that she herself has no justified complain against Petra’s performance as a teacher.
-    Mr. Rorlund suspends Ejlif and Morten indefinitely out of fear of being seen to identify with Dr. Stockmann’s family.
C (v) The business community are cowards
-    Mr. Vic fears the people and the political class and dismisses captain Horster unfairly.
-    The landlord gives Dr. Stockmann quit notice for fear of housing a tenant who is “An enemy of the people”
-    The glazier fears to come and replace broken window panes
    Injustice
-    The dismissal  makes Captain Horster jobless for no apparent reason
-    Dr.Stockmann’s is threatened with the possibility of being homeless yet he is fighting for the welfare of the people
-    Dr. Stockmann’s family is exposed to the cold because the glazier fears the public
C (vi) The masses are cowards
-    They are not resolute as to how much punishment Dr. Stockmann deserves
-    It is said they use pebbles and only two large pieces of hard core
Injustice
-    They attack an innocent man with his family because of the wishes of the political class (the mayor, Aslaksen and the press)

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