A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen :: English Literature

To understand the meaning of A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen we read the whole script. To go deeper into the meaning we employ our own drama abilities to explore.To understand the meaning of A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen we read thewhole script. To go deeper into the meaning we use our own dramaabilities to explore. We used live-Seating, Collages, and Still Image.All of these three things helped me understand the meaning of the carryand explore the characters further. The script does not tell meeverything I need to know, a lot of things be hidden, and techniquesare needed to protrude facts. When you begin to understand the playyou begin to appreciate what a fantastic play writer Ibsen actuallyis.We used Hot Seating at first in the exam. The teacher would say acharacter and the stage the character is at in the play. The characterI give up chosen to analyse is Nora. Vicki played Nora in Hot-Seating. Weall asked her questions to see how she answered her. This helped a lotas we were f inding things out about Nora that are not like blue murder statedin the script. For example we find out why she has macaroons and howit builds up tension. When Vicki was being Nora it made me realisewhat Ibsen was doing with the Macaroons. He was building up tension min by bit. The macaroons were showing the reader of the play thatTorvald had some kind of control over Nora and that she had adisobedient side to her. It showed us she would lie to Torvald.Throughout the play this enhances and evolves into something muchbigger. Nora has lied to Torvald and this time it is much more seriousthan macaroons. She has betrayed him and it is close to him findingout. The macaroons were Ibsens way of showing me that Nora wasdevious and could undermine Torvald and then it transforms intosomething much bigger. The reader knows this could happen but when itdoes it shocks. To show me what I said above someone asked thequestion Would you ever lie to Torvald? Vicki helped me understandthat towards t he end Nora begins to realise she does not relish Torvaldand that she decides to leave him. This showed me that Torvald couldNOT stop her and shows me how sexism has collapsed socially. Ibsen istrying to show how bad sexism is in this play. , Using Nora andTorvald.I Played Mrs Linde in Hot-Seating, it helped me also being in heposition.