A Doll's House

(1879)

A Doll's House (Norwegian: Et dukkehjem; also translated as A Doll House) a three-act play in prose, premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879.

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CAN ANYONE HELP ME WITH THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS THEY ARE ON DOLL HOUSE BY HENRIK IBSEN- 1. discuss the techniques used which draw our attention to power shifts between characters. 2. Playwrights often use the stage as a way of challenging the audience to think about social and political issues. discuss with reference to one or more plays. 3. what is the importance of the title. 4. how does the play illustrate inheritance, the passing along of traits from parent to child? 5. what is the relationship between Mrs. Linde's arrival and Nora's awakening and transformation? 6. Many readers find Nora an admirable character for having the courage to make a radical change in her life. however, one question that must be considered in evaluating her character is this one: was she right to abandon her children? Thank you:thumbs_up

Posted By Blank at Mon 11 May 2009, 3:19 AM in A Doll's House || 1 Reply

Nora

I just finished reading this play and I quite enjoyed it. But I could not help but to feel sorry for Nora. I think she was quite wrongfully mistreated by just about everyone. First I was furious with her supposed friend Linde. She had no right to decide to let Torvald know the truth, no matter she personally thought or believed, against Nora's wishes. It was not her place to make such a decision. After Nora secured her a job, and it was because of Nora that she reconnected with Krog, she threw Nora under the bus for her own high and mighty ideology. Then the way Trevold treated her. He was ready to chuck her to the side, with out the least bit of trying to understand Nora's motives or reasons for what she did. Perhaps Nora was not correct in her actions, but still, she did it to save his life, and that is how he treats her. And then he had the nerve to "forgive" her once he discovered his own arse was going to be saved. I was so happy that Nora did not fall for that little act of his and stood up for herself in the end. I applauded her walking out upon her husband and calling him out for how he treated her. Even in his supposed "kindness" and "love" for her, he was really quite cruel at the root of it, as he was sickeningly patronizing and disrespectful to her, and truly looked down upon her as being quite a daft and silly creature. Indeed he barely treated her as being little more then one of the other children. Though I am still angry for what Linde did, I am glad that it did enable Nora to finally see the truth. In the Lawrence thread right now we have been discussing the story The Princess, and some comparisons were made between "The Princess" Dolly, and Nora, because in the story Dolly is described as being this sort of eternal child who never truly grows up. But after reading this play I think it is unfair to say that of Nora. In the case of Nora, it was other people who treated her as if she were nothing but a child, but I do not think Nora herself was really that way, she was just never given the chance to really express herself. She acted according to what other people expected of her. She was always looked down upon and just patted on the head so she had little opportunity to prove otherwise. But in the end she did finally come to her own and broke free, to finally have a chance to be herself.

Posted By Dark Muse at Thu 11 Dec 2008, 8:11 PM in A Doll's House || 14 Replies

A Doll's House Alternate Ending

Hey, I just recently read the play A Doll's House. I did some research and found out that there was an alternate ending to the book that Ibsen had to write. I am just curious, what are your opinions on the alternate ending. If you would like to hear mine, I think it was horrible, there is no sense for Nora to stay. I think its a good that she leave, she can change.

Posted By djdanboy at Sat 10 May 2008, 1:10 PM in A Doll's House || 18 Replies

Doll house

Help me with essay. You don't have to write an essay...Just help me with some idea. I have some good idea but still need more. :flare: :idea: -Who is claiming knowledge in the text: the narrator or a specific character? -Is the knowledge claimed self-knowledge, knowledge of others, supposed "facts" based on social knowledge? -How is knowledge related to gender, power, and authority in the plays? I hope my professor doesn't read this board :lol: if so.....oh well, my professor doesn't know who i am.

Posted By GoFck at Sat 23 Feb 2008, 1:11 PM in A Doll's House || 1 Reply

Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House"

Hi, Im currently working on an essay for my IB coursework: "How does Ibsen use the play to explore free will and determinism?" And i dont have many ideas for paragraphs. So if anyone could offer any quotes or ideas, that would be greatly appreciated. Alexxx :thumbs_up

Posted By alexxx at Sun 25 Nov 2007, 1:21 PM in A Doll's House || 52 Replies

A doll's house Ibsen

Guys i need two things for you it would be very appreciated 1 would be to make up a small summary of what you think might happen to Nora and Helmer in the future AFTER the book ends and a second thing would be if you guys can tell me some songs that would match the story like any songs representing the theme or have any relation to the story what so ever and if you would write that connection down Your ideas will not be used with mine except probably the songs which u give but otherwise if used will be given appropriate reference to all you guys. i know this cause my college is very strict on plagiarism and paraphrasing

Posted By haseebcash4u at Wed 7 Mar 2007, 7:10 PM in A Doll's House || 7 Replies

The Doll's House

What's the significance of the title in Ibsen's play? is the key word 'doll' or 'house'?

Posted By hayati at Sun 6 Aug 2006, 7:08 AM in A Doll's House || 9 Replies

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