The tile of Oleanna alludes to the fact a 19th centurary utopian society named Oleana. This utopian society was in Pennsylvania, and was named after its Norwegian founder, Ole Bull, and his mother Anna.
In 1852, after a successful musical tour of the US, Ole Bull wanted to leave his mark in America . He bought 11,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania for Norwegian immigrants to settle. On this land, four main fiefdoms were developed, one of which was named Oleana. People flooded in, excited about the new, free land. The land was located in a valley between thick forests and they quickly realized the land was not suitable for farming. The community failed. By the middle of the 1850s the colonists all returned home or settled elsewhere in America .
I believe that this is an allusion to the fact that Carol is so obsessed with overthrowing the chains of oppression, even though they don't actually exist in this play. A song was added at the end of the play, as an epigraph, which critiques the life in Norway, and was written to show the idealism felt by Carol in the play as well.
Again, I believe that it talks about how "grass is always greener" on the other side, and is used ironically here, to show how insane Carol is when she wants to try and find something more from the help that her teacher is giving her.
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