AO3 Ibsen Flashcards
“A woman cannot be herself in … society, it is an exclusively … society with laws drafted by men, and with … and … who … feminine conduct from the … point of view”
“A woman cannot be herself in contemporary society, it is an exclusively male society with laws drafted by men, and with counsel and judges who judge feminine conduct from the male point of view”
(Ibsen wrote in his notes for A Doll’s House in 1878)
“Do you know what we are those of us who count as … of …? We are society’s …, neither more nor less.”
“Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society’s tools, neither more nor less.”
“I’m … for all those who’ll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these … What business has science and … got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before … has produced a … educated up to using them!”
“I’m afraid for all those who’ll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!”
“Do not use that … word “…” We have that excellent … word “…“”
“Do not use that foreign word “ideals.” We have that excellent native word “lies.””
The … of truth and the … of freedom - they are the … of society.
The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom - they are the pillars of society.
“Your home is regarded as a … home, your life as a … life…a shifting …all this … will collapse.”
“Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. …a shifting quagmire…all this splendor will collapse.”
“Your home is regarded as a … home, your life as a … life…a shifting …all this … will collapse.”
“Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. …a shifting quagmire…all this splendor will collapse.”
“The state has its root in …: it will have its culmination in … Greater things than it will …; all religion will … Neither the conceptions of … nor those of art are eternal. To how much are we really obliged to pin our …?”
“The state has its root in Time: it will have its culmination in Time. Greater things than it will fall; all religion will fall. Neither the conceptions of morality nor those of art are eternal. To how much are we really obliged to pin our faith?”
“There are two kinds of .. laws, two kinds of .., one for men and one…for women…woman is judged by … law, as though she weren’t a … but a …”
“There are two kinds of moral laws, two kinds of conscience, one for men and one…for women…woman is judged by masculine law, as though she weren’t a woman but a man.”
“embraced an entirely different … […] in order to demonstrate the … of Nora from female to …” - Sandra Saari
“embraced an entirely different fundamental premise […] in order to demonstrate the radical transformation of Nora from female to human being.” - Sandra Saari
“[I] must disclaim the honour of having … worked for the … movement… I am not even quite clear as to just what this … movement really is. To me it has seemed a problem of … in general.”. - 1898 speech
“[I] must disclaim the honour of having consciously worked for the women’s rights movement…I am not even quite clear as to just what this women’s rights movement really is. To me it has seemed a problem of humanity in general.” - 1898 speech
“Uncompromising demolisher of all false … social … and …, …uproot[ing] every stone of our social ….” - Emma Goldman 1914
“Uncompromising demolisher of all false idols and… social shams and hypocrisy,… uproot[ing] every stone of our social structure.” - Emma Goldman 1914
