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Act 1 Section 1: Nora and Torvald

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Setting?

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Comfortably, Tastefully… Not Expensively

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Nora’s Secrecy and Deception

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Hide the Christmas Tree

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Torvald’s anthropomorphism

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Skylark…Squirrel…Squanderbird

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Nora’s Childlike expressions

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“Lots and lots … Pooh”

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Torvald’s Capitalist views

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“Home founded on debts can never be a place of freedom and beauty”

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Act 1 Section 2: Nora and Mrs Linde

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Nora’s selfish remark

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All alone…How dreadful

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Christine’s remark on Nora’s Innocence (2)

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Have you not grown up yet?
You know so little about the hardships in life

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Christine’s view on the individual vs the self/Harsh societal boundaries

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One has to live and so one becomes completely egocentric

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Christine on the general hegemonic codes of Norway

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A wife cannot borrow money without her husband’s consent

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Nora’s sacrifice and protection of Torvald’s/The importance of societal acknowledgement

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He’s so proud of being a man

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Act 1 Section 3: Nora, Dr Rank, Christine

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Dr Rank’s irony (Talking about Krogstad)

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Morally sick… crippled… Twisted

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Dr Rank’s probing of Nora’s knowledge

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Do you really know what society is?

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Nora’s Facade cracks (Without Toravld’s presence)

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Bloody hell

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Nora’s Irony towards her children

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My baby doll

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Nora playing Hide and Seek with her children (Representative of foreshadowed hiding from Krogstad/ Hiding away from the truth)

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Nora hides under the tree

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Krogstad’s Experience of Restricted societal bounds/ Mentioning of ruthless hegemonic codes

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The law does not concern itself with motives

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Nora’s critique of the hegemonic codes

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The law must be very stupid

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Act 1 Section 4: Nora and Torvald

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Nora’s attempt to decorate her facade

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Busy decorating the Christmas Tree

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Torvald’s commentary on hereditary disease

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An atmosphere of lies contaminates and poisons every corner of

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Nora’s worry after Torvald’s comment on hereditary disease

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Corrupt my little children! Poison my home

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Act 2 Section 1: Nora, Christine and Torvald
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Setting? Particularly the tree?
Stripped and dishevelled
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Nora’s repressed wishes
I wish i could tear them into a million pieces
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Nora’s Physical Facade/A Doll to dress up
Neapolitan Fisher Girl … Tarantella
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Nora on Dr Rank’s hereditary disease
Terrible disease … Spinal Turbeculosis
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Torvald’s commentary on Nora’s father
Not a man of unassailable reputation
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Act 2 Section 2: Dr Rank and Nora
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Dr Rank’s commentary on Torvald
I know he hates anything ugly
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Dr Rank’s confession of love
Do you think he is the only one who would gladly lay down his life for you?
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Dr Rank’s honesty on Nora and her deceit/ Commentary on her inability to find her true self
You have misled me. You riddle me
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Act 2 Section 3: Krogstad and Nora
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Krogstad’s motives
I was content to fight my way back inch by inch
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Krogstad’s power over Nora
Your reputation is in my hands
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Nora introduces the motif of the…
A miracle is about to happen
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Act 2 Section 4: Nora and the preparation of the Tarantella
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Nora’s way of breaking society confines
Dances more and more wildly
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Torvald’s commentary on Nora’s wildness (2)
You’re dancing as if your life depended on it Sheer lunacy
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Act 3 Section 1: Mrs Linde and Krogstad’s reunion
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Mrs Linde’s priorities
I was a helpless mother to take care of two little brothers
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The forgiveness and path to redemption proposed by Mrs Linde (2)
Suppose to ship wrecked should could join hands Better chance of survival together
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Mrs Linde embracing the Individual over society
A woman who sold herself for the sake of other doesn’t make the same mistake again
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Mrs Linde’s Political Strife
There must be an end to all these shiftings and evasions
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Mrs Linde’s Love and Belongingness (Maslow)
I wont let this chance of happiness slip through my fingers
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Act 3 Section 2: Torvald and Nora after the Tarantella
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Torvald’s commentary of an exit after the Tarantella (Mockery of French Play/Reflect his old ways/Foreshadowing of Nora?)
An exit should always be dramatic
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After Mrs Linde has left, Torvald’s lack of gentry
Dreadful bore that woman is
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Torvald’s lustful remark
You’ve still got Tarantella in your blood … Makes you more desirable
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Torval’d lustful remark
You’ve still got tarantella in your blood … Makes you more desirable
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Torvald’s belittle of Nora again
Scientific Experiement! … Big words for my little Nora
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Dr Rank sees through Nora’s facade (Uses Irony)
If only the disguises are amusing Spirit of happiness … Your wife needs to appear as her normal self
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Consequences for Dr Rank and his hereditary disease
He wants to shut himself up in his house and die
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Torvald’s referral back to Nora’s father after finding out about the loan
Your father’s recklessness and instability No religion, No morals, No sense of duty
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Torvald’s Punishment of Nora
The children are taken out of your hands
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Torvald’s true ambitions show after finding the ounce of hope that his reputation will not be wrecked
I am saved
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Torvald’s condescending “Forgiveness understanding the reasons of her actions” (2)
Inexperience … Feminine helplessness… I have forgiven you Satisfying in knowing he has forgiven his wife
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The physical transition of Nora (from naivety to experience)
Taking off my fancy dress … everyday dress
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Nora’s Anagnorisis (Ownership x2, Duty, Society, Stranger)
Ownership - First by Papa now by you The children have been my dolls Can you neglect your most sacred duties … My duty is towards my self You don’t understand how society works … but i intend to Living with a complete stranger … I could tear myself to pieces
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Referral back to the major motif
Now the miracle will take place Miracles of miracles … I don’t believe in miracles any longer
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Torvald’s rigidity in his beliefs constructed by societal status
No man can be expected to sacrifice his honour, even for the person he loves
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Dramatic Exit foreshadowed
Slammed Shut
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Motifs in A Dolls House
Christmas Tree Stove Letterbox Macaroons Tarantella Miracles Doors
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What is the motif of the Christmas tree symbolic of?
Nora and her mental state (her duplicity) Appearance vs Reality = Decoration means blotting her anxieties Family happiness and unity
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What is the motif of the stove symbolic of?
Reflects her constant effort to escape her guilt Relief, Warmth, Security
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What is the motif of the Letter box symbolic of?
Letterbox = locked away from Nora - Torvald’s control Route to freedom Secrecy
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What is the motif of the Macaroons symbolic of?
Deception, Secrecy, Disobedience Rebellious Rejection of social conformity
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What is the motif of the Tarantella symbolic of?
Drops the facade of a perfect mild-mannered Victorian wife with no boundaries/limits Performance of those who were bit by a tarantula
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What is the motif of the miracle symbolic of?
False hope due to Torvald True forgiveness attained through the hope that Torvald’s would take responsibility = Trust in the divine insitution of marriage based on love
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What is the motif of Doors symbolic of?
Caged Free choice vs determinism by social pressures

A Doll’s House (5 decks)

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