https://padlet.com/MrKennyWang/k5qt802179y59m61 Compare and contrast any character in A doll's house with one of the personas Carol Ann Duffy constructed in The World's Wife anthology en-us 2020-06-14 07:58:31 UTC 2025-09-27 09:19:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png https://padlet.com/MrKennyWang/k5qt802179y59m61/wish/625644874 Rachel :
The two poems explored are "In Mrs Tilscher's Class" and "We Remember Your Childhood Well" Similarities 1. Both poems address the ideas of growing up and losing innocence. In “In Mrs Tilscher’s Class”, the child is seen to lose innocence when she learns “how [she was] born”. The child also starts to undergo puberty as seen in “A tangible alarm made you always untidy, hot, fractious under the heavy, sexy sky”. In “We Remember Your Childhood Well” the idea of growing up and losing innocence is seen through the entire poem through the questioning of the child and defensive tone of the parents. These hint that the child, having grown up, is no longer innocent and is aware of certain unpleasant events that took place during her childhood which her parents have tried to hide from her. Differences 1. The poems portray a typical childhood very differently. The poem “In Mrs Tilscher’s Class” portrays childhood as very carefree. This is seen in the quote “Sugar paper. Coloured shapes. Brady and Hindley faded, like the faint, uneasy smudge of a mistake”. This implies that the child was occupied with games and fun activities and had no worries about scary realities such as The Moors murders. On the other hand, the poem “We Remember Your Childhood Well” suggests that there are dark and unpleasant moments in childhood. This is seen through “Nobody hurt you. Nobody turned off the light and argued with somebody else all night”. The repeated use of “nobody” and denial of the parents imply that the child was hurt and had had her parents argue all night.]]> 2020-06-14 08:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/MrKennyWang/k5qt802179y59m61/wish/625644874 https://padlet.com/MrKennyWang/k5qt802179y59m61/wish/625650087 Christie: Childhood experiences can differ from individual to individual. 

Lizzie, Six: depiction of a traumatic childhood full of sexual abuse
- "I'm afraid of the dark / I'll give you the dark / and I do not care"
- complete lack of empathy by the abuser, exploitation of the child in her tender and young age, scarring experience of childhood

In Mrs Tilscher's Class: a memorable childhood filled with good memories about a child's experience in school
- "Mrs Tilscher loved you. Some mornings, you found she'd left a gold star by your name."
- to receive affirmation from the child's favourite teacher, makes school and early years very enjoyable for the child]]> 2020-06-14 08:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/MrKennyWang/k5qt802179y59m61/wish/625650087 https://padlet.com/MrKennyWang/k5qt802179y59m61/wish/625668513 Rachel : 

1. Use of visual imagery in both poems to express childhood very differently 

Lizzie Six
- "watching the moon", "thinking of love" are the child's innocent thoughts
- "bend over that chair", "give you love // when i've climbed this stair" is visual imagery of the abuse that is taking place, portraying her childhood as dark

Mrs Tilscher's Class
- "the classroom glowed like a sweet shop", "In Mrs Tilscher's Classroom" are visual imagery of the classroom, imply a safe and fun environment for the child to grow and develop. 


2. Mood / Tone

Lizzie Six
- tone is super condescending and mood is very dark
- the rhyme used masks the real theme of abuse of the child and creates a sense of childlikeness as the poem sounds like a nursery rhyme 

Mrs Tilscher's Class
- mood is carefree and tone is lighthearted
- diction and short sentences add to the playful mood (eg. "a skittle of milk", "Mrs Tilscher loved you")

]]> 2020-06-14 08:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/MrKennyWang/k5qt802179y59m61/wish/625668513 https://padlet.com/MrKennyWang/k5qt802179y59m61/wish/625669088 Parents controlling the experience of childhood

We Remember Your Childhood Well: parents caused the child to suffer from a traumatic childhood
- "No, no, nobody left the skidmarks of sin on your soul and laid you wide open for Hell"
- parents' manipulative way of refusing to admit that they caused the child to suffer

The Light Gatherer: parent loved their child and delighted in watching them grow up
- "you slept with the whole moon held in your arms for a night light where I knelt watching."
- parent taking joy in just watching the child, a childhood full of love]]> 2020-06-14 08:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/MrKennyWang/k5qt802179y59m61/wish/625669088 https://padlet.com/MrKennyWang/k5qt802179y59m61/wish/657710808 Rachel:

Mrs Faust and Nora comparison:
1. both are complex characters (they have many layers to them and are not what they seem at first)
- in mrs faust there are hints that she is less superficial than she seems. eg. sense that she has planned her life out and mr faust is a tool oops - "i married faust... the yacht to me"
- nora also acts likes a damsel and torvalds "skylark" but in reality has power over him - borrowed money to save his life / lies about macaroons and deco / allows for torvald to feel powerful by acting domesticated

2. both indulge and enjoy materialistic things
- mrs faust enjoying her "lifestyle" with "the latest toys - computers..."
- nora liking her macaroons, telling mrs linde how wonderful it is to have money

3. both search for something else  deeper  in life
- mrs faust does "yoga, t'ai chi, feng shui, therapy" all in an attempt to find peace as she is lacking value in life 
- nora tells mrs linde it was great fun doing work as seen in "it was great fun... sitting there working and earning money. it was almost like being a man". shows she enjoyed having a "job" to do, working gave her a sense of importance she lacked 

4. both have superficial / disconnected relationships with their husbands
- mr faust "grew to love the kudos, not the wife" even "went to whores", at the end mrs faust also "went [her] own sweet way" 
- nora and helmer have a very parent-child like relationship, nora does not express true thoughts and is not herself with him, also due to the power dynamics and the way torvald treats her (patriarchal society back then) but in the end nora also leaves him and walks out to find her own identity]]> 2020-07-19 10:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/MrKennyWang/k5qt802179y59m61/wish/657710808 https://padlet.com/MrKennyWang/k5qt802179y59m61/wish/657711067 Mrs Faust vs Nora in 'A Doll's House'

Materialistic vision & superficial way of life
Mrs Faust:
- "Fast cars. A boat with sails. A second home in Wales. The latest toys - computers, mobile phones. Prospered."
- Their relationship centres around money and all the materialistic objects they could own --> meaninglessness of relationship, Mrs Faust is merely a trophy wife and depends on Faust for his wealth
- Increasing greed of the couple

Nora
-"The squanderbird's a pretty little creature, but she gets through an awful lot of money. It's incredible what an expensive pet she is for a man to keep."
- Uses husband's money for her own indulgence
- Both characters enjoy life using their wealth (e.g. Nora indulging in macaroons)

Romance for their partners
Mrs Faust:
- "...dragged him, oddly smirking, there and then straight down to Hell. / Oh, well."
- No real love between the two of them: she had no real feelings for him, used him for his money for her own indulgence

Nora:
- "It was I who saved Torvald's life...It was I who found the money."
- Went behind her husband's back just to save his career and reputation, though seemingly impossible, she did her best to help Helmer through his difficult situation
- Proves her real love for Helmer]]> 2020-07-19 10:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/MrKennyWang/k5qt802179y59m61/wish/657711067