In the 6 hour TV-series Fortuna based on a trilogy by famous Norwegian writer Alexander Kielland, we follow Abraham Lovdahl, an upper-class citizen of Stavanger, through his childhood (ep.1 and 2) and adult life (ep. 3-6). Throughout the series, he has to meet the expectations of the society. We watch the struggle within him between the rebel and the conservative, in the first two episodes represented through his mother and father respectively.