The author of the book, A Dolls House, is Henrik Ibsen. In his time of the 19th Century he was quite the notable playwright, and his niche was realistic drama. In some circles he is called the "father of modern drama" and one of the founders of modern drama in plays. This is most likely due to his "Scandalous" plays of that time period. Europe was in a period of Victorian family values and censorship; so some of the material Henrik used was quite a bit outlandish.
A Dolls House could have something to due with the tradition of Europe in that time period i.e. the Victorian values. Judging from the title, maybe Henrik is mocking the that certain lifestyle and culture that was so commonplace back then.
ACT III : she dropped his butt ! To be Continued...
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ReplyDeleteGood work with the research Warner. I just want to clarify a few things for you: First, Ibsen wrote a play (you may want to fix that minor detail). Second, it's A Doll's House with an apostrophe and it should be italicized. Also, you may want to read over your post. I do like, however, how you put your summarizing skills to good use :)
ReplyDeleteVery keen observation you made about Ibsen and how the play's title might be related to what was occurring at the time the play was written.
I think title of the play is a huge foreshadowing factor. I don't quite agree with what u said though. I don't think that he was trying to mock that common lifestyle back then, I think he was simply trying to demonstrate to the world, in a way that would open their eyes, how women were morally diminished and that no one thought it was wrong. Although he was a man, he understood the emotions of women because as a child he basically experienced the same situation.
ReplyDeleteGood work! :)
On the contrary, I do not believe he was mocking anything, but just giving another way of looking at the times of the Victorian period..
ReplyDeleteYour info is good but I do not think he is trying to mock the lifestyle.
ReplyDeletegood,im glad u know how to use the first paragraph from the Wikipedia info
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