Critical

Question 1

“Ibsen creates an illusion of

Answer 1

romanticism” Gillespie

Question 2

“Nora is only a source of “enjoyment and pleasure” for

Answer 2

Torvald” Baser (2013)

Question 3

“He revealed (marriage) to be far from a divine institution”

Answer 3

Strindberg (1880’s)

Question 4

“Krogstad, like Helmer, ‘desires social position and prestige above all thing”

Answer 4

Nick Worrall

Question 5

‘Nora consciously acts the part of the doll wife.’

Answer 5

David Thomas

Question 6

“Torvald is as much a victim as Nora”

Answer 6

David Thomas

Question 7

‘Nora achieves insight at the end of the play’

Answer 7

David Thomas

Question 8

‘Nora has resolved to focus on her duty to herself as a responsible adult.’

Answer 8

Sally Ledger

Question 9

“Ibsen specialised … in the intense verbal dissection of human relationships”

Answer 9

Sally Ledger

Question 10

“It is only Rank who seems to know Nora”

Answer 10

Sally Ledger

Question 11

A view of human beings as products (and victims) of their environments –

Answer 11

social, economic, natural - Naturalism, Opposite of trad/dramatic Scribean