A Doll's House (Plays for Performance)

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Summary: I think she was in a confortable situation...
Review: When I finished reading A DOOL'S HOUSE, I concluded that the character of Nora is really immature and very weak. She never stopped to think about the consequences of her actions. As for finishing her marriage, that's fine! If she needed to do this in order to find herself... but she shouldn't leave her children to be brought up by her nanny, because she lived the same situation herself and I guess she didn't like it. I think when you have children you can't think just about yourself all the time. You have duties! On the subject of being treated like a doll,I think she was in a confortable situation and she wasn't really interested in changing it. Because if she wasn't happy with so many things that were happening in her marriage she should try talking to her husband and not wait until her husband said or did something about it. If it's hard to deal with something, I think you should say it and and not hide your opinions.

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Summary: I didn't like Nora's attitude...
Review: I've just read the book A DOOL'S HOUSE and I liked it. Good dialogues, good plot, but I didn't like the way Ibsen introduced some characters such as Ms Linde, for example. She just entered to the scene to be the one who knew the "bad guy"(If you can say so about the man who lent the money to Nora). What is more, I didn't like Nora's attitude when she leaves her children and husband. She should have changed her behaviour with him long before and not all of a sudden turning into a "free woman" who doesn't accept her husband's behaviour. Whatever happens, I think a mother should never leave her kids, specially with a man who was never really a father to them.

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Summary: An excellent new translation of a classic Ibsen play.
Review: This new translation by Nicholas Rudall of Ibsen's classic drama returns a notable play to new audiences, combining technique and content in a treatment which uses natural dialogue and situations to enhance Ibsen's intentions. An excellent new version emerges.

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Summary: Ultimate Irony
Review: Why is it that Woody Allen uses this play as the vehicle for Mia Farrows character in Hannah and Her Sisters? Is it because of her passive role to Micheal Caine or her more parental role to her sisters? Or Barbara Hershey and Max Von Sydow? Watch this movie to get a very vivid recreation of Ibsen on the screen.

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Summary: Best Play Ever
Review: I am not finished with the book yet, but I am reading it in my 10th grade Honors English Class. It is a fantastic play in which a husband and wife has a realtionship like father and daughter. In my class, we have also read other books that I can relate this play to. (Pride And Prejeduice) I suggest that you all pick up this book soon. I read the whole thing in one night, it kept me interested and attentive. Never before has a play done that to me!

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Summary: Liberation? Or Spur of the Moment?
Review: This is an interesting and well-written play but neither Torvald nor Norma are very likable characters. I agree that Torvald is an arrogant, self-centered man. Instead of saying "I appreciate what you've done, Norma, but you can go to jail for that. By the way, I haven't been fair to you.", at 1st he gets mad and threatens to break it all off, then he says "I forgive you, Norma. No, really, it doesn't mean a thing to me. I'm only making an issue of this so you know I forgive you, honey!". In essence, he doesn't really love his wife. He treats her like property. But Norma is no saint, either. She just walks off and leaves without any real thought about how she's going to make it on her own. While it's hard to blame her for considering this, she's only making herself vulnerable to the outside world in a very dangerous way. She's even willing to let her husband raise their children his way. Naturally, it will have a traumatizing effect on them, like any child of a divorced parent. Sorry, but I think she just took the easy way out, just like many who seek divorce do. And neither one is guaranteed happiness. Torvald should have apologized to Norma for his attitude and Norma should have forgiven him. Doing what you want without realizing the consequences isn't freedom. Free will is necessary in life, but it doesn't invalidate right and wrong.

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Summary: A Wonderful Play
Review: I throughly enjoyed A Doll's House because the play identified troubling social issues in our society and at the same time the characters and plot are wonderfully written. I can imagine the shock I would have recieved if I saw this play in the late 1800's because its attacks the childlike disposition of the housewife during that era. The fact that it still can evoke a surprise today means this piece of literature is worth the read. Also, the writing style of "Ibsenism" became important for it came up in later works I read as well. Overall, strong characters, plot, and message.

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Summary: *smashing* play
Review: Ibsen himself said that this play was about human rights, not womens rights, and i think that this is true. Nora was constantly belittled by Helmer and had never been given the chance to grow up. She had been treated like a doll in a dolls house, first by her father and then by her husband, who she had been passed on to. Although it seems trivial, even the mere fact that she was forbidden to eat macaroons is significant. People may well say that a womans first responsability is to her family, and children especially, i think that it is ultimately to herself. Nora closing the door at the end of the play is very significant - she is closing the door on that part of her life. Torvald realised what he had done in the end, but by that time it was far too late for anything to be changed. Although i studied this play in school, i really enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone who will listen. Nora managed to break out of the life she had been confined to, that many of the women of her time were confined to. (i studied this play for a-level and wrote, like 100 essays on it, can you tell?)

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Summary: Great book, but come on, its not all the man's fault.
Review: I thought it was really good. I enjoyed reading about how Noraand Torvald react to each other, as well as how they interact with the other characters. However, most people who read this book consider Torvald to be the sole problem in the plot. However, I believe that Nora was just as responsible for the problems they espierenced in their realtionship as Toravld was. I agree that the character Torvald Helmer was an unfair husband. He treated Nora with disrespect, superiority, and constantly belittled her. However, Nora herself was not an innocent victim. I am not blaming her for her act of forging the bank note in order to save Torvald's life. If I was in a similar situation, I would have done the same myself. However, Nora consistently lies, which gives Torvald all justification for being as suspicious as he is. Also, she is extremely conceited. Not necessarily in the manner she treats others, but in how she brags about her own good fortunes to others; especially when the "other" is the character, Mrs. Linde, who is dealing with a time of hardship and poverty. This display between Nora and Mrs. Linde shows that though Nora may feel compassion towards her old friend, and others for that matter, their feelings are not nearly as important as her own. Also, the childish behavior Nora displays around Torvald gives him even more reason to treat her as he does. Keep in mind I am by no means justifying Torvald's actions, however, I am merely expressing that I understand where he was coming from. Basically, the situation described by Ibsen is not just Torvald's fault for being an overbearing husband. A good deal of the blame also falls on Nora, who in many ways causes Torvald to treat her as he does.

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Summary: A women that is treated like an ornament.
Review: Naro's rejection towards society and her smoothering marriage. A shocking drama that was written realistically for audiances.