A Dolls House Reaction Paper-Drama
Reaction Paper-Drama
Angela Ericksen
University of Phoenix
The play “A Dolls House” was written by Henrik Ibsen. This play truly is an interesting, play and it really connects with how things can be in real life which helps the readers truly connect with it! Henrik Ibsen, in full Henrik Johan Ibsen was a major Norwegian play righter of the late 19th century who introduced to the European stage a new order of moral analysis that was placed against a severely realistic middle-class background and developed with economy of action, penetrating dialogue, and rigorous thought (Britannica, 2010).
The story “A Dolls House” begins on Christmas Eve. One of the main characters in the play, Nora, is making preparations for Christmas, for example getting the Christmas tree making sure she has presents all along while she is eating her favorite treat, macaroons. Nora’s husband Torvald, then enters the room to discuss having money for gifts and such. Torvald mainly focuses on his money and material things rather than on people. His significance of manhood relies on his financial assurance. Throughout the play Nora’s husband, Torvald calls her many different diminutive names instead of her real name, Nora. Some of them include: “squirrel”, “little person”, “little woman” and “little featherhead”. Torvald seemed to use the word "little" before the names he called his wife. The pattern of this seems like it is more than just a collection of pet names. As silly and different the names are, Nora always seemed to answer with an obedient "Yes!” In her doing this it creates the first impression of her that she is less of a person opposed to Torvald. This gives the first example in Torvald’s present day society of what the role of women should be because of the way that he treats Nora. For Torvald, money and materialism could be a way for him to avoid the complications of personal contact. He is very controlling over his wife and even tells her that she is not allowed to
Angela Ericksen
University of Phoenix
The play “A Dolls House” was written by Henrik Ibsen. This play truly is an interesting, play and it really connects with how things can be in real life which helps the readers truly connect with it! Henrik Ibsen, in full Henrik Johan Ibsen was a major Norwegian play righter of the late 19th century who introduced to the European stage a new order of moral analysis that was placed against a severely realistic middle-class background and developed with economy of action, penetrating dialogue, and rigorous thought (Britannica, 2010).
The story “A Dolls House” begins on Christmas Eve. One of the main characters in the play, Nora, is making preparations for Christmas, for example getting the Christmas tree making sure she has presents all along while she is eating her favorite treat, macaroons. Nora’s husband Torvald, then enters the room to discuss having money for gifts and such. Torvald mainly focuses on his money and material things rather than on people. His significance of manhood relies on his financial assurance. Throughout the play Nora’s husband, Torvald calls her many different diminutive names instead of her real name, Nora. Some of them include: “squirrel”, “little person”, “little woman” and “little featherhead”. Torvald seemed to use the word "little" before the names he called his wife. The pattern of this seems like it is more than just a collection of pet names. As silly and different the names are, Nora always seemed to answer with an obedient "Yes!” In her doing this it creates the first impression of her that she is less of a person opposed to Torvald. This gives the first example in Torvald’s present day society of what the role of women should be because of the way that he treats Nora. For Torvald, money and materialism could be a way for him to avoid the complications of personal contact. He is very controlling over his wife and even tells her that she is not allowed to