A Dolls House criticisms

Question 1

Garland

Answer 1

Pet-names generate a subordinate position for Nora

Question 2

Clurmon

Answer 2

His love is a convenience not a commitment of the self

Question 3

Warroll 1

Answer 3

She can no longer love Helmer for he is not the man she believed him to be

Question 4

Solow

Answer 4

They also saw Nora as a monster and unnatural for her selfishness

Question 5

Waroll 2

Answer 5

Torvald was as much a victim of society’s attitudes as Nora

Question 6

Mcrae

Answer 6

Money is the most important and motivating factor in ADH

Question 7

Wright

Answer 7

Dr Ranks syphillis serves as a brutal reminder of the consequences of sin

Question 8

Ibsen

Answer 8

Its an exclusively male society, with laws made by men and with prosecutors and judges who assess feminine conduct from a masculine standpoint.

Question 9

Clement

Answer 9

Tarantella permits women to escape temporarily from marriage into a free lawless world.

Question 10

Yueha

Answer 10

Torvald views women as children, helpless creatures.

Question 11

Lee 1

Answer 11

Nora is treated like an object who is passed from papas hands to Torvalds.

Question 12

Soloski

Answer 12

The play manifests frequent anxieties about parental legacies.

Question 13

Lee 2

Answer 13

Helmer sees Nora as a housewife and mother whose world is limited to the domestic sphere.