ADH critics

Question 1

Brian Johnston

Answer 1

‘An Ibsen play is the uncovering of an abyss concealed beneath the reality we think we inhabit.’

Question 2

Tony Garland

Answer 2

‘Conversations are the battlefield where characters fight for authority and strive for understanding.’

Question 3

Sofija Christensen

Answer 3

The tarantella ‘could be seen to further the idea of Nora’s sexual manipulation of Torvald in order to get what she wants - willingly playing into the patriarchy’.

Question 4

Brittany Wright

Answer 4

‘Ibsen uses symbols and motifs to communicate…a horrifyingly familiar portrait of the life of a stereotypical woman of the time.’

Question 5

Hermann Weigand

Answer 5

‘Ibsen meant A Doll’s House as comedy.’

Question 6

The terrible opinion that Joan Templeton said that critics of ADH said.

Answer 6

‘Women’s rights, it is claimed, is not a fit subject for tragedy or poetry.’