hello fellow bloggers!.Act II

Well after completey reading Act II of "A dollshouse" by Henrik Ibsen ,I must say that this play keeps me at the edge of my seat. In the opening of Act II we see Nora completely frantic about her future Helmers wife. In Act I we learn that Nora has forged the signature of her father in order to obtain a large sum of cash to save her husband's life.Krogstad ( a worker at the bank where Helmer Torvald is the manager) gives Nora the money in hope of keeping his job as well as gaining back his reputation that he lost because of the very same thing Nora had done.The only problem is that Helmer is so repulsed by the sliminess of Krogstad that he doesnt want him at the bank anymore and is going to replace him with Kristina (Nora's friend).Not staying true to her word,Nora is afraid that Krogstad will tell Helmer about all the secrets she hid from him.
But as the the ActII comes to a close Nora confesses to Kristina all her wrong and all the secrets.Unmoved by what she has heard,Kristina goes to confront Krogstad.Many questions have a derived from this Act . What history does Kristina and Krogstad have since she isnt afraid to confront him? ,Also why is Nora so afraid to loose her abusive husband? His riches?, His power? Is her need for him a desperate cry for help and lack of independence?Or is it something else?"Think you I am no stronger than my sex?" (Portia in Julius Caesar) a famous quote that relates how some women may limit themselves because of their gender and the constant abuse of the opposite gender .Nora in my opinion limits herself because she is just a women in Torvalds's and the rest of the worlds eyes, nothing more and until she sees her potential she will not go far.

Assignment 2

The play ''A dollshouse" by Henrik Ibsen is a very climatic play that portrays its characters in many ways.For example Nora is the seemingly ravishing, innocent and bobbleheaded to the world with no burden to carry,but in fact she carries the biggest load.Many may read and say she "struck a deal with the devil" but in true fact she did what she needed to do to keep her chauvinistic ,undeserving,bedridden husband alive and keep her family together.A symbol i picked up was the macaroons symbolizing Nora’s deceit to her husband and how she has to hide everything .Another was the dollhouse symbolizing the tendency of the characters to play roles (i cited both of these).The way this play relates to current day events is men and women are given these unannounced roles in society and may not even be aware of it . The same way Nora isnt regonizing that her husband treats her as a child, women as well as men often limit themselves because of the roles they give themselves in society without realizing it .

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dollhouse assignment one

Henrik Ibsen plays were considered scandalous to many of his era.He was known as the the father of drama.Henrik at a very young age never played many sports so literature became his niche. He did many of his literary works at a very young age because he was not like many of the other boys in his village.His big break was when he became director of the Norwegian Theater in Christiania.He later really established himself in Rome.
The play "A Dolls House" was a tragedy.It was very drama filled.I predict there will many women roles in the play.Also based off my knowledge of the author their will be many suspensful parts towards the end .
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