Naturalism / The end of the play by Emily McCabe https://padlet.com/e_mccabe/r56vec44noa9 A Doll's House en-us 2016-10-25 10:40:43 UTC 2016-10-29 11:02:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Elements of Naturalism in a doll's house e_mccabe https://padlet.com/e_mccabe/r56vec44noa9/wish/132949972
  • The play is set in Europe, in Norway, realism plays are set locally, in Europe
  • Naturalism challenges stereotypes at the time, like for example, Nora leaving her husband 
  • Middle class characters, who are not extravagant, this is shown through Nora and Torvald are very stereotypical to that time, they are normal and relate able to the audience
  • There is lots of everyday dialogue  -   for example when Christine says, "You must not forget that I had a helpless mother and two little brothers. We couldn't wait for you, Nils; your prospects seemed hopeless then." 
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  • A Doll's House was inspired by the life of Laura Kieler, a family friend to Henrik Ibsen
  • Nora and Torvald were loosely based on Laura and her husband
  • As in the play, Laura signed an illegal loan, this was to pay for her husband's tuberculosis treatment
  • Laura's secret was discovered by her husband, and differing to the ending she was sent to an asylum, following her treatment she became an author and returned to her family
    • ]]>     2016-10-29 10:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/e_mccabe/r56vec44noa9/wish/134029916     Why did Ibsen choose to end the play this way? e_mccabe https://padlet.com/e_mccabe/r56vec44noa9/wish/134030417
  • I think the ending was intentionally chosen to be controversial as it makes a bold feminist statement
  • I think that the ending  of a Doll's House is a satire on how women were only seen as wives and mothers
  • He is making a comment on the patriarchal society at the time, the significance of the Nora realising her self worth overthrows stigmas that were cast by society,  
  • Nora and her slamming of the door is a slap in the face to a male dominated society
  • The ending represents the breaking of struggles everyday women faced and Nora's walking out was representative of something women were too scared to do
    • ]]>     2016-10-29 10:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/e_mccabe/r56vec44noa9/wish/134030417     A Doll's House - the ending e_mccabe https://padlet.com/e_mccabe/r56vec44noa9/wish/134030428
  • Nora leaves Torvald after she comes to self realisation that she wants her independence and has realised that she is more than someone's "doll"
  • The ending was very controversial as Nora was isolating herself from society at that time, leaving her what was seen as a comfortable lifestyle
  • It was seen as a revelation as women were deemed pretty useless without their husbands at this time and it was thought that they couldn't cope without them
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