Background

Question 1

Who wrote ‘A Doll’s House’?

Answer 1

Henrik Ibsen

Question 2

What does Ibsen employ in the play ADH?

Answer 2

Ibsen employs the themes and structures of classical tragedy while writing in prose about every day, unexceptional people

Question 3

What does ADH manifest in terms of the playwright’s beliefs?

Answer 3

ADH manifests Ibsen’s concern for women’s rights and for human rights in general

Question 4

What is the major conflict in ADH?

Answer 4

• Nora’s struggle with Krogstad, who threatens to tell her husband about her past crime, incited Nora’s journey of self-discovery and provides much of the play’s dramatic suspense
• Nora’s primary struggle is against the selfish, stifling, and oppressive attitudes of her husband and of the society that he represents

Question 5

Where in the play is there an example of foreshadowing?

Answer 5

Nora’s eating of macaroons against Torvald’s wishes foreshadows her later rebellion against Torvald