Wednesday, March 30, 2011

March 28-April 1

A Doll's House 1. How would you define a good marriage? 2. Discuss what you believe to be a theme of the play. 3. Does A Doll's House challenge or affirm the social order it describes? 4. Ibsen believed that a "dramatist's business is not to answer questions, but only to ask them. What questions are raised in the play? Does Ibsen provide any specific answers?
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  1. AnnieMarch 31, 2011 at 9:26 AM

    I think a good marriage would be a comfortable marriage. Not financially comfortable but emotionally. A healthy husband and wife relationship would be one where the two can be themselves around each other. They shouldn't be worried about impressing or putting on an act for the other. Torvald and Nora have a very unhealthy marriage.

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  2. daneMarch 31, 2011 at 9:27 AM

    I believe a good marriage has a couple that loves to be together and do family things. The children come first but even though the relationship comes second the marriage thrives off of the joy of children. I think that the worst marriages are not the ones that get divorced but the ones that should get divorced but dont.

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  3. daneMarch 31, 2011 at 9:29 AM

    I think the theme of the play is a combination of being able to reveal everything to the one you love and there also being a time and place to break the law in order to help someone. Nora's decision to forge her father's signature is a very valid reason to break the law because it was to save the life of her husband.

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  4. AnnieMarch 31, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    The theme of the play is schemes. So many of the characters have motives and plots based on finance or petty things. Nora is behind her husbands back, Torvald is going to fire a guy because he doesn't address him properly, Mrs. Linde married someone she didn't love for financial security, and Krogstad is using Nora to get a promotion. The intertwing schemes show a cynical side of human nature.

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  5. daneMarch 31, 2011 at 9:31 AM

    Going back to the comment of the actors not being super attractive. I find it weird for us to just assume that actors were always beautiful like it was a part of the job. I think it is harder for us to enjoy older movies because we focus on the fact that the actors arent super attractive.

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  6. AnnieMarch 31, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    I think it affirms how society favors men. Although Nora does things women normally wouldn't do, she is forced to keep them secret because society is so male dominated. It also shows in Kristine's struggle to find work, and her feeling pointless without a duty of caretaker, wife, or mother.

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  7. daneMarch 31, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    A doll's house challenges the social order of women being subordinate to their husbands and males in general. It challenges it because the book has two main women characters taking care of their families and providing like the man of the house should have in those days. Mrs. Linde provided for her family by marrying a rich man. Nora took out a loan and supported her husband and saved his life with it. If he would have found out im sure he would have felt less masculine.

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  8. AnnieMarch 31, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    I disagree with Dane's comment on actor's attractiveness. I find the play hard to watch because of the material. A lot of awkwardness and uncomfortable scenes are brought up by Isben. It could be the two most beautiful people in the world but I think I would still find it awkward to watch. Also, the setting is strange to watch because it's so unfamiliar.

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