A05 Rossetti vs Ibsen

Question 1

Milett ADH

Answer 1

Nora confronts every convention and male prejudice that cages her

Question 2

Strindberg adh

Answer 2

Ibsen revealed marriage to be far from a divine institution -

Question 3

Simone de Beauvoir rossetti

Answer 3

stated that women are “objects” in patriarchal society

Question 4

Winter: My Secret simon avery power

Answer 4

she manipulates power so she is in control

Question 5

“no” no thank you john

Answer 5

No Thank you, John - asserts a woman’s right to say “no”

Question 6

voice simon mold rossetti

Answer 6

Rossetti gives a vibrant voice to the female experience,

despite Victorian women being denied social, economic and political freedom

Question 7

Hattie Morahan, ADH

Answer 7

the play is just as “relatable” now

Question 8

Lesa scholl the restrictions placed on women

Answer 8

pulls down the ideological boundaries of femininity

Question 9

women eleanor marx

Answer 9

are the creatures of the organised tyranny of men

Question 10

emancipation robert brustein

Answer 10

Ibsen was “completely indifferent to (female emancipation) except as a metaphor for individual freedom”

Question 11

Alice kirby laura as a restless brrok

Answer 11

Laura described as a “restless brook” suggesting she is bored with the constraints of domestic life -

Question 12

fruit in gm

Answer 12

Laura’s interest in the Goblin’s “fruit globes” has been seen by critics as an allegory for her exploring her sexuality

Question 13

Goblin market and maude clare

Answer 13

linked as their punishments are indicative of Victorian society’s attitude towards fallen women - Alice Kirby

Laura is “writhing as one possessed”

Question 14

Rossetti’s women

Answer 14

challenge male authority,

Question 15

Nora is purely a BASER

Answer 15

source of “enjoyment and pleasure” for Torvald -

Question 16

interpretations of the tarantella

Answer 16

1) suggested that it expresses her sexual self

2) manifestation of her suicidal impulses

3) feminist critic, Toril Moi, has suggested that it displays the torment of her soul

Question 17

Mary Wollstonecraft

Answer 17

18th-century writer
A Vindication of the Rights of Women’
women are taught “outward obedience” from infancy

Question 18

Ibsen has been seen as Louie Bennett

Answer 18

“an apostle of the cause of women”

Question 19

a vindication of the rights of women ADH

Answer 19

Mary Wollstonecraft - strengthen the female mind by enlarging it and there will be an end to blind obedience

Nora seems to reflect this attitude at the end - “I must educate myself”