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1
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Ibsen 1878

3 quotes on women

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“A woman cannot be herself in contemporary society”
“It is an exclusively male society”
“Judge [women] from the male point of view”

2
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Koht - contemporary critic

The play as a whole

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“Exploded like a bomb into contemporary life”

3
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Bogh- contemporary critic

Naturalism

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“Simple in its action and so everyday in its dress”

4
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General contemporary response - Germany

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Ibsen was forced to write a ‘happy ending’ for a German production

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Shaw - contemporary critic 1891

Ibsen

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“The greatest living poet and moral teacher”

Passionately concerned with social issues

6
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Social Demokraten review - 1879

2 quotes on the play in its context

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“This play touches the lives of thousands of families”

“There are thousands of such doll homes”

7
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Vullum - 1879

The play

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“There is something indescribably unnatural in this”

8
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Templeton -

2 quotes on Nora

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“Not just a woman arguing for female liberation”

“[Nora] embodies the comedy as well as the tragedy of modern life”

9
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Modern critics - general idea

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Recognise Ibsen’s ability to stage humanity.

10
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Schaefle - modern critic

5 quotes

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“Boldly defies social constraints of 19th Century Norway”
“Expectations of propriety are in truth a suffocating facade”
“Fragile pretence of a blissful marriage”
“Strangled by stringent expectations”
“Overwhelming pressure of social conformity”

11
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Worrall -

Nora

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“Seeming the perfect bourgeoise wife”

12
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‘Women’s role in Cultural life in Norway’

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“They were finally left with reproduction only”

“[women were] the caretakers of that pressure for conformity and conventionality”

13
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Strindberg - 1884

Marriage

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“Marriage was revealed as being a far from divine institution”

14
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Milett - 1971

Nora

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“Nora confronted every convention and the chivalrous masculine prejudice”

15
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Gray -

Nora

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“[a] spirited woman beneath the convention-respecting surface”

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Morahan - 21st century

The play

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“There’s something timeless about it”

17
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Long -

Nora

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“Nora is seen as a monster and an unnatural woman”

18
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Adams -

Nora

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“Ibsen meant [Nora] to be Everyman”

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Garland -

Nora and Torvald

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“Nora and Torvald’s relationship is an unresolved battle for power”