A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen :: English Literature

To conceive the meaning of A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen we read the whole script. To go deeper into the meaning we utilise our own drama abilities to explore.To agnize the meaning of A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen we read thewhole script. To go deeper into the meaning we used our own dramaabilities to explore. We used Hot-Seating, Collages, and Still Image.All of these three things helped me deduct the meaning of the playand explore the characters further. The script does not tell meeverything I need to know, a bus of things are hidden, and techniquesare needed to cast facts. When you begin to understand the playyou begin to appreciate what a imaginative play writer Ibsen actuallyis.We used Hot Seating at first in the exam. The teacher would say acharacter and the tip the character is at in the play. The characterI have elect to analyse is Nora. Vicki played Nora in Hot-Seating. Weall asked her questions to see how she answered her. This helped a lotas we were finding things out about Nora that are not flat out statedin the script. For example we find out why she has macaroons and howit builds up tension. When Vicki was being Nora it made me realisewhat Ibsen was doing with the Macaroons. He was building up tensionbit by bit. The macaroons were showing the reader of the play thatTorvald had some winsome of control over Nora and that she had adisobedient side to her. It showed us she would falsehood to Torvald.Throughout the play this enhances and evolves into something muchbigger. Nora has lied to Torvald and this time it is much much seriousthan macaroons. She has betrayed him and it is close to him findingout. The macaroons were Ibsens way of showing me that Nora wasdevious and could overthrow Torvald and then it transforms intosomething much bigger. The reader knows this could happen but when itdoes it shocks. To show me what I said above someone asked thequestion Would you ever lie to Torvald? Vicki helped me understandthat towards the end Nor a begins to realise she does not love Torvaldand that she decides to leave him. This showed me that Torvald couldNOT impede her and shows me how sexism has collapsed socially. Ibsen istrying to show how bad sexism is in this play. , Using Nora andTorvald.I compete Mrs Linde in Hot-Seating, it helped me also being in heposition.