A Dolls House Flashcards
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Mrs linde
“ I only ____ my life ____________ empty. No one to live for anymore.
“ I only feel my life unspeakably empty. No one to live for anymore
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‘ I ________ that I am first and _______ a human being, like you or anyway, that I must try to become_____.
I believe that I am first and foremost a human being, like you or anyway, that I must try to become one
After Dr. Rank confesses his love for Nora , he admits he was confused by how much she seeemed to enjoy being with him.
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Well, you _____, there are some people whom one _______, and others whom is almost more _______ to be with.
Well you see there are some people whom one loves and others whom is almost more fun to be with.
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Do you ______ I am going to make myself _________before my whole staff, to let ____ think that I am a _____ to be _______ by all sorts of outside _________.
Do you suppose I am going to make myself ridiculous before my whole staff to let people think I am a man to be swayed by all sorts of outside influence.
Henrik Ibsen
In 1858, Ibsen married Suzanna _________, and eventually had one one son with her. Ibsen felt that , rather than merely living together, husband and wife should live as equals free to become their own ______ beings.
Henrik Ibsen
In 1858, Ibsen married Suzanna Thoreson, and eventually had one one son with her. Ibsen felt that , rather than merely living together, husband and wife should live as equals free to become their own human beings.
Realism
Characters are believable everyday types
Costumes are authentic
The box set is normally used for realistic dramas on stage consisting of three wall large and an invisible forth wall
Settings for realistic plays are often bland
The pre-Raphealites
A collective of Victorian writers poets painters illustrators and designers who came to prominence at around 1850 until the close of the 19 century
Production history
In Germany _____, the actress Hedwin ___________ -Raabe refused to perform the play as Ibsen wrote it (Nora ______ out) declaring “ I would never leave my __________!”
In Germany 1880 the actress Hedwin Niemaann-Raabe refused to perform the play as Ibsen wrote it (Nora walking out) , declaring “ I would never leave my children!”
Production history
In 1972 ________ version of the play explored how all the characters were
_________with ______ strings, not just Nora.
In 1972 Neuenfels version of the play explored how all the characters were puppets with invisible strings, not just Nora
Production history
In Carrie ________ more recent version (2013) , Cracknell presents Nora as an __________Mother exhausted by life and ____________ with demands.
In Carrie Cracknelss more recent version (2013) Cracknell presents Nora as an overworked Mother exhausted by life and overstretched with demands
Production history
In an 1989 ________Bergman version of the play ,Bergman stripped the performance of all its ___________and set it in a box lined with red velvet, without doors and ________ in order to comment on the restricting nature of all society’s past and _______.
In an 1989 Ingmar Bergman version of the play, Bergaman stripped the performance of all its Victoriana and set it in a box lined with red velvet, without doors and windows in order to comment on the restricting Nature of all societies past and present
Critic
Frances _____
Ibsen explores a ______ and limited
Frances gray
Ibsen explores a stuffy and limited
Critic Mw____
It destroys ______ pleasure and disgust the ________ by violating convention
Mw Brun
It destroys domestic pleasures and disgusts the audience by violating convention
Critic John _______[
“Nora __________ consciously plays roles, and through these roles is able to ________ herself . Torvald is a man who is blind to the ________place on him by society.
John Hathaway
Nora self consciously plays roles and through these roles she is able to asset herself. Torvald is a man who is blind to the limitations placed on him by society
Critic
Alison _____
Using hints, Ibsen suggest her _______in the opening scene when she sneaks illicit sweets (________)- subverting her husband’s control over her in a _______way
Alison Ross
Using hints, Ibsen suggest her deception in the opening scene when she sneak illicit sweets (macaroons) - subverting her husbands control over her in a tribal way.
