Action and Consequence in Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg - Paperbackby Zander Brietzke (Author) Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov and August Strindberg innovators of modern drama created characters whose reckless pursuits of irrational objectives blind them to better options. Ibsen's protagonists in A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler and The Master Builder try to bend the world to conform to their personal visions with disastrous results. Chekhov's characters refuse to do anything, instead dramatizing their lives as if they were