a dolls house: sophie duncan

Question 1

when was a dolls house first published

Answer 1

1879

Question 2

where was a dolls house first published

Answer 2

københavn

Question 3

how was ibsen’s norway home setting

Answer 3

him and his wife were short of only, experienced self imposed exile

Question 4

name examples of earlier ibsen plays

Answer 4

• peer gynt (1876)
• brand (1865)
• emperor and galilean (1873)

Question 5

what was ibsen’s first international play

Answer 5

‘pillars of society’: an emphasis on contemporary issues

Question 6

what was the definition of naturalism in the context of plays

Answer 6

a secular, non religious approach to life

Question 7

what did ibsen define naturalism as in his letters

Answer 7

dependent, the spirit and tone will be understood and respected

Question 8

where is realism demonstrated in plays

Answer 8

in detailed documentary styles

Question 9

who was the story of adh inspired from

Answer 9

laura peterson: good friend of ibsen and wrote sequel novel to ibsen’s novel ‘brand’

Question 10

what was the background of laura peterson that inspired a dolls house

Answer 10

her husband fell sick and was told to go to a warmer climate
forged check to clear debt of his sickness as ibsen rejected her story
husband found out and sen her to an asylum which stopped her from letting her see her children

Question 11

what was the impact of the adh play production

Answer 11

was highly controversial but extremely successful as it was translated to 78 languages

Question 12

what was the dominant theatrical form in the 19th century

Answer 12

melodramas

Question 13

what are the features of melodramas

Answer 13

stock characters, cinematic endings and sensational plots

Question 14

what are the features of radical plays

Answer 14

use of ambitious technology, externalised emotions

Question 15

what did the critic eric both state about ibsen’s play

Answer 15

anti melodramatic and naturalistic which has an interest in the interiority of characters trough its ‘concealing conversations’

Question 16

what was the effect of nora mainly being centre stage

Answer 16

dominates action which is unusual for women in plays

Question 17

what are the common melodramatic tropes in adh

Answer 17

concealed letters, villainous blackmail, music and dance

Question 18

what was the effect of the tarantella in adh

Answer 18

the hair tumbling down and loose hair; sexual availability

Question 19

where was the melodrama of suicide present in adh

Answer 19

nora intends to kill herself in a melodramatic sacrifice

Question 20

what was the impact of ibsen being dominated by middle class characters

Answer 20

was crucial for female theatregoers of the time

Question 21

who and when was the term ‘new woman’ formed

Answer 21

sarah grand: 1894

Question 22

what were the common features of the ‘new woman’

Answer 22

middle class, intellectual, rebellious

Question 23

how did the conservative press define the ‘new woman’

Answer 23

masculine and unfashionable

Question 24

what were ‘ibsen’s ghosts’ defined as

Answer 24

unsexed females, unprepossessing cranks in petticoats

Question 25

what did nora realise about tovald’s behaviour

Answer 25

aligned the roles of her father and behaviours initiated by him

Question 26

what was the effect of the motif for illnesses and disabilities in adh

Answer 26

reflects the drive to ideas of women’s rebellion being abnormal and unhealthy

Question 27

what were the common ‘illnesses’ found in women

Answer 27

hormones and hysteria

Question 28

what did mona card state about marriage

Answer 28

the most hypocritical form of woman purchase

Question 29

what are some examples of the social opportunities in the 19th century

Answer 29

the woman’s colleges in oxford and cambridge

Question 30

what did the critic clement scott state about tovald

Answer 30

that tovald is responsible for infantilising nora and that he is an ‘egotistical and conceited pig’

Question 31

what were tovald’s preferences

Answer 31

to aestheticise characters
being blind to social realities and mrs linde’s lack of economic opportunities

Question 32

what does tovald aestheticise in terms of nora

Answer 32

he aestheticises nora’s fragility and helplessness

Question 33

where are acts of isolation evident in adh

Answer 33

isolating nora from her childhood friends and christine as a act of jealousy

Question 34

what is a connection with all ‘father figures’ in nora’s life

Answer 34

they all suffered from a type of illness

Question 35

what did the tumultuous changes in helmer’s marriage mirror in reality

Answer 35

darwin’s ideas of conclusions and new beginnings

Question 36

what is a key theme of ibsen in relation to darwin

Answer 36

heredity and inheritance

Question 37

what is an example of the theme of heredity in adh

Answer 37

rank dying from tuberculosis of the spine

Question 38

when are the sexual double standards present in adh

Answer 38

through rank and his departure as he develops tuberculosis in the spine: shows evidence of heredity and its destruction

Question 39

what is nora found to prioritise

Answer 39

motives over law

Question 40

what law does krogstad represent

Answer 40

law of community and legality

Question 41

what law does nora represent

Answer 41

the law of ethical and emotional obligations

Question 42

why does nora result in leaving her home

Answer 42

as a plan to educate herself, establishing her own opinions of law and religion and fulfilling duties to herself

Question 43

what was nora’s real miracle in order for her to come back

Answer 43

tovald changing enough for the real marriage

Question 44

what was the impact of the relationship for krogstad and mrs linde

Answer 44

resumes traditional gender roles due to christophine’s need to be a mother

Question 45

what was the ‘men’s struggle’

Answer 45

the struggle with the external world and within himself

Question 46

what was the ‘woman’s law’ based on

Answer 46

emotional subjective family pity