ADH critics Flashcards
Brian Johnston
‘An Ibsen play is the uncovering of an abyss concealed beneath the reality we think we inhabit.’
Tony Garland
‘Conversations are the battlefield where characters fight for authority and strive for understanding.’
Sofija Christensen
The tarantella ‘could be seen to further the idea of Nora’s sexual manipulation of Torvald in order to get what she wants - willingly playing into the patriarchy’.
Brittany Wright
‘Ibsen uses symbols and motifs to communicate…a horrifyingly familiar portrait of the life of a stereotypical woman of the time.’
Hermann Weigand
‘Ibsen meant A Doll’s House as comedy.’
The terrible opinion that Joan Templeton said that critics of ADH said.
‘Women’s rights, it is claimed, is not a fit subject for tragedy or poetry.’
Who are the 6 ADH critics on this list?
Tony Garland
Hermann Weigand
Joan Templeton
Brian Johnston
Brittany Wright
Sofija Christensen