Ibsen Critics Flashcards
1
Q
Duncan
A
Nora puts “love before legality”
2
Q
Gray
A
“Nora shows no sign of having seen the kind of man Helmer is”
3
Q
Ledger - f (1)
A
“Nora […] finds herself in opposition to the demands of a hostile society”
4
Q
Ledger - f (2)
A
“Linde acts as a catalyst for Nora’s rebellion”
5
Q
Crawford
A
Nora is a “heartless flirt”
6
Q
Cron
A
In 1879 critics saw Nora’s actions as “shocking and scandalous for a woman”
7
Q
German ending 1880
A
‘happy ending’ - Torvald forces Nora to nursery door and curtain closes on her collapsed in front of it
8
Q
Ostermeier’s ending 2002
A
Nora shoots Torvald - as shocking to modern audiences as her leaving was to contemporary
9
Q
Koht
A
“[ADH] pronounced a death sentence on accepted social ethics”
10
Q
Grinberg (check name)
A
“Marriage was revealed as being far from divine”
