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Reading A Play

Notes on "A Doll's House."

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Unlike other generes, plays are written in __ and intended for __. 1. Dialog 2. performance
Ibsen presents surface incidents in a __, __ manner. 1. straightforward 2. chronological
"A Doll's House" combines a dominant __ conflict with the __ conflict of one or more characters. 1. external 2. internal
The play's ending is based on Nora's __ development in the course of the play. 1. phycological
Neither engaged in ____ nor ____ in Nora, Helmer is stunned at the end of the play. 1. internal conflict 2. observed changes
The exposition occurs in several scenes from __ comments to __ revelations about Nora's father. 1. Mrs. Linde's 2. Helmer's
Although __ is the dynamic character in the play, two other characters __ and __ were infused with the ability to change. 1. Nora 2. Mrs. Linde 3. Krogstad
By peopling the play with more than one dynamic character, Ibson has added __ and __ to his work. 1. depth 2. verismilitude
Helmer is not only a __ character but also the __ of the play. 1. static 2. antagonist
A __ character is a stereotype, manifesting __ characteristics. In the play, the __-__, __, and __- is the stock character. 1. nursemaid 2. loyal 3. patient 4. supportive
Ibson's purpose in writing this play was to __. advance his own belief that society at large 1. could not afford to overlook the talent and drive of half it's members: that is of women.
The play's lasting interest owes much to Ibson's skill in__. 1. mixing round and flat characters.
__ is a strong point of interest in the play. 1. The contrast between their decision and the sterility of the Helmer marriage
A Doll's House uses strong ____ to convey it's points. 1. visual symbolism
The delivery of the __ tree, Nora's changes of __, and repeated references to the __ are important. 1. Christmas 2. clothing 3. letter box
Both __ and __ have monolauges in Act III where they explain their__. 1. Helmer 2. Nora 3. world views
A Doll's House departs from the "well made" play in the __ of the play, which has a longer __, with an __ that shocked audiences in Ibson's day. 1. climax 2. denouement 3. ending
Ibson relies primarily on __ irony. 1. situational
In contrast to the surface picture of __ and __; challenges to the established concept were being published, although they were considered __, even __. 1. happiness 2. prosperity 3. shoking 4. radical
Although voting rights were perhaps the most prominent index of women's place in society, other social reformes such as __, the role of women in the __ and access to __ were also the subject of debate. 1. property rights 2. workplace 3. education
In many countries, as in Norway, women could not borrow __; in many places women could not even own __. 1. money 2. property
When A Doll's House was published, it was regarded as quite a radical work because of the __ that occurs in the play 1. inversion of the social order
Nora Helmer and other women created by Ibson were intended to drive home the point that no society can flourish if half it's members are in __. 1. bondage
Nora's radical decision at the end of the play is intended to argue that__. a woman can be a better wife and mother if she is fully actualized- that is, if her intellectual and emotional needs are met in the process.
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