Religion (Ibsen & Rossetti) Flashcards
SWIADMD: ‘That doth not rise nor set’
‘The city does not need the sun … for the glory of God gives it light’
Remember: ‘It will be late to counsel then or pray’
Anglicans pray for the dead, Catholics don’t
Remember: ‘silent land’
heaven
From the Antique: ‘Not so much as a grain of dust’ [when dead]
Anglican burial prayer: ‘Ashes to ashes, dust to dust’
Echo: ‘in Paradise … thirsting longing eyes watch the slow door’
those in heaven watching the gate of heaven, longing for reunion with their alive loved ones
Echo: ‘I may live my very life again tho’ cold in death’
death brings another life, one spent eternally with God in heaven
Shut Out: ‘The door [to Eden] was shut’ + ‘He answered not’
subverts the idea of God’s omnibenevolence
Shut Out: ‘he took mortar and stone to build a wall’
lowercase ‘he’ subverts ideas of God’s omnipotence compared to others
‘mortar and stone’ opposes God’s relation to nature and Earth’s creation
ITRTAJ: ‘God forgive them this!’
suicide is a mortal sin in catholicism - ‘!’ emphasises this
A Birthday: ‘a water’d shoot’
Isiah 58:11 ‘the lord will guide you continually … you shall be like a watered garden … whose waters do not fail’
Maude Clare: ‘Thomas’
in the Bible, Thomas doubted the resurrection of Jesus
Maude Clare: (says) ‘I wash my hands thereof’
St Matthews Gospels: Pilate ‘washed his hands before the multitude’ to disperse his responsibility for the death of Jesus
Torvald: … —have you no religion?
Nora: I am afraid, Torvald, I do not exactly know what religion is.
Religion is such an integral part of 19th century society that Torvald, who is repeatedly shown to be concerned with the opinions of others, can’t comprehend Nora’s lack of certainty in a concept that overshadows his every action.
Torvald: No religion, no morality, no sense of duty!
Torvald association of religion with virtuous concepts like ‘morality’ and ‘duty’ expresses his value of religion as being intrinsically linked to being a ‘good’ person, which was a view shared by audiences who would have viewed the play in the 19th century.
