EVENING RED

"KARENO (sitting at the desk. He is 50 years old, beardless, with almost white hair, wearing worn, gray clothes): The future of my philosophy, you say? It depends on whether it has any future. THE FARMER (56 years old, fat, with a pinched nose, a little shabbily dressed, in a chair): You have already got your party, though. KARENO: I am the chairman of an association, that's all. People still believe today that philosophy is thinking; I have thought that philosophy was life theoretically expressed through thinking."

1898

Aftenrøde (1898) is a drama in three acts and concludes the Kareno trilogy.

Ivar Kareno is 50 years old, his ideas have gained traction with the younger generation, and Elina has returned. Bondesen is the editor of a major newspaper, and offers Kareno a seat in the Storting if he openly denies his former views. Driven by a desire for revenge against his former friend, Professor Jerven, who has long opposed him, Kareno decides to follow Bondesen's advice.

Thus, the Kareno trilogy ends with Ivar Kareno, who in his youth wanted to see "every renegade shot," himself becoming a renegade in relation to his old principles and high ideals.