Critical Analysis: A Doll's House
Subject : Drama B
Writer : Henrik Johan Ibsen
Genre : Realistic Modern Drama
Name of the Work / Play : A Doll’s House ( 1897 ) in three acts
Characters : Major Characters / Minor Characters
Nora Helmer ( wife of Torvald Helmer ,mother of three children )
Torvald Helmer( husband of Nora Helmer , a lawyer ,father of three children )
Dr. Rank ( doctor ,friend of Nora & Torvald Helmer, confidant ,commentator ) Mrs. Kristine Linde ( old friend of Nora Helmer )
Nils Krogstad ( barrister , old lover of Kristine ,father of multiple children )
Anne- Marie ( nanny ) Helene ( maid )
The children ( three children of Nora & Torvald Helmer )
The Porter
Setting : Home of the Helmers with a pleasant inexpensive outlook representing a wealthy,comfortable middle-class family of the 19th Century which Ibsen referred to as a place being in Norway but in extent of its universal themes ,English playwright of the 20th Century,Bernard Shaw quotes the setting as ‘Every Suburb in Europe’,too.So social that everywhere was the social power and the lack of social power significant.
Symbols in A Doll’s House as Literary Devices : Ibsen used a wide range of symbolic forms to influence his audience to become independent thinkers for personal powers at social perspective. doors: Represent the boundaries ,transitions between characters and escape windows: shows us outside and the warmth also represents the roles of a woman to the Norwegian society christmas tree: represents the materialistic properties and decoration of a Christmas Tree that also resembles to personality of Nora locked mailbox:represents the secrecy ,control and where the power lies inthe households.c christmas presents:Nora’s role as spendrift and how she pushes the childrento be the dolls macaroons: the power struggle between Nora and Helmer ,the center symbol inthe rot marriage relationship, foreshadowing of her rebel fireplaces:represents the wealth and comfort of the Helmer’s
Writer : Henrik Johan Ibsen
Genre : Realistic Modern Drama
Name of the Work / Play : A Doll’s House ( 1897 ) in three acts
Characters : Major Characters / Minor Characters
Nora Helmer ( wife of Torvald Helmer ,mother of three children )
Torvald Helmer( husband of Nora Helmer , a lawyer ,father of three children )
Dr. Rank ( doctor ,friend of Nora & Torvald Helmer, confidant ,commentator ) Mrs. Kristine Linde ( old friend of Nora Helmer )
Nils Krogstad ( barrister , old lover of Kristine ,father of multiple children )
Anne- Marie ( nanny ) Helene ( maid )
The children ( three children of Nora & Torvald Helmer )
The Porter
Setting : Home of the Helmers with a pleasant inexpensive outlook representing a wealthy,comfortable middle-class family of the 19th Century which Ibsen referred to as a place being in Norway but in extent of its universal themes ,English playwright of the 20th Century,Bernard Shaw quotes the setting as ‘Every Suburb in Europe’,too.So social that everywhere was the social power and the lack of social power significant.
Symbols in A Doll’s House as Literary Devices : Ibsen used a wide range of symbolic forms to influence his audience to become independent thinkers for personal powers at social perspective. doors: Represent the boundaries ,transitions between characters and escape windows: shows us outside and the warmth also represents the roles of a woman to the Norwegian society christmas tree: represents the materialistic properties and decoration of a Christmas Tree that also resembles to personality of Nora locked mailbox:represents the secrecy ,control and where the power lies inthe households.c christmas presents:Nora’s role as spendrift and how she pushes the childrento be the dolls macaroons: the power struggle between Nora and Helmer ,the center symbol inthe rot marriage relationship, foreshadowing of her rebel fireplaces:represents the wealth and comfort of the Helmer’s