Condensed Ibsen and Rossetti context Flashcards
(21 cards)
What year did ADH reach London and who translated the novel ?
in 1889 William Archer’s translation of ADH reached London and divided critics
What did the Standard Newspaper say about ADH?
Morbid, unwholesome play
What year was the silent film version of ADH released?
The silent film was released in 1922, starring Alla Nozimonia, yet the film appears to be lost
Ghosts
1881 - two years after ADH and offered an insight into Nora’s life if she has stayed through its depicted of familial destruction, strained relationships and social taboos
Mrs Beeton’s book on household management
1861
Mrs Beeton’s book on household management about?
a detailed guide on how to run a successful house which aligned with societal views of women remaining in the domestic sphere.
Which of Ibsen’s novels predicated ADH through its discussion of the restricted female existence?
The League of Youth
daughters complaint to her father about being dressed like a doll
links to Richard Redwood’s comment that ‘thousands of Doll-houses aligned with Ibsen’s progressive views
Breaking a Butterfly
Breaking a butterfly was published privately in 1884 as a highly conservative re-write of ADH, with Nora returning at the end of the play.
Ibsen - barbaric outrage
The New Woman
The new woman stood against the enforcement of patriarchal gender roles and provided an ‘air of sexual freedom’. Yet they were often portrayed as unnattractively masculine
Angel in the House
The expectations of a subservient woman who is morally superior to her husband, as she can counteract the taint of commerce
Coventry Patmore
Madwoman in the attic
Female hysteria and depictions of women in victorian literature
1979 - Gilbert and Gubar
Contagious Diseases Act
1864
allows for the condemnation of women accused of being prostitutes and reinforces inequalities between men and women
Subjection of women
John Stuart Mill argued for perfect equality and believed that this could not be reached if either gender were oppressed
The Fallen Woman
Highgate penitentiary
Rossetti adopts ‘surrogate selves’ in her poetry to express her literary anxieties and to provide a voice for the silenced fallen women
she also views falleness as temporary
Female suffrage
Rossetti signed a petition against female suffrage, claiming that the highest functions are not for both sexes.
Pre-Raphealite
Rossetti draws upon pre-raphealite imagery in her vivid and pictorial settings
19th Century religious norms
19th-century Europe was a time of highly restrictive religious norms. This opposed Rossetti’s beliefs as a High Anglican catholic who stood away from the church of England
What did Georg Brandes say about the League of Youth?
He said that the main character, Stella, has potential as a future protagonist; her character mirrors Nora’s desperation to escape gender confines and claims her father dresses her up like a ‘doll’
The Married Woman property act 1882
Women were able to own property without the permission of their husbands
An equal marriage is beyond the scope of A Doll’s house
What types of drama does ADH pull upon
ADH is a naturalistic play, yet it also pulls upon elements of melodrama and the French well-made play
Nora’s tarantella portrays her as a ‘melodramatic heroine who puts love before all else,’ according to Sophie Duncan; yet, she is not the only character who falls into the melodramatic cliché. Torvald appears desperate to fulfil his role of a melodramatic hero, claiming ‘I ofter wish some terrible danger might threaten you’,ky
