Did a city ruin its chances of success by not listening? According to Dr. Stockman, this is indeed the case. Dr. Stockman, one of the main characters in Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, discovers that the town's main source of monetary income is the spa, which is located, seemingly unnoticed by the population, above a cesspool containing many harmful chemicals. After acknowledging his brother's discovery, Mayor Stockman, Dr. Stockman's brother, finally forbade the discovery to be published in the town newspaper. Dr. Stockman, however, is reluctant to allow this discovery to be unforeseen by the citizens. Although a public hearing is attempted to publicize Dr. Stockman's findings, citizens do not support them due to many societal problems, including: a soulless majority that elects corrupt politicians in a democratic system, who relentlessly prevent stops Dr. Stockman from finishing his speech. First, Dr. Stockman gives a speech to the crowd in a corner of town about spa water, but when he is repeatedly interrupted by stating that 'he is wrong, he suggests that the c...