"After Dr. Rank leaves Nora and Torvald..."
Torvald- what is this [ Holds out the letter and starts shaking it in his fist] is it true, what did you do, please just tell me this is a horrible joke, how can this be true do you know what this will do to us?
Nora- I’m sorry I didn’t mean to- I was saving your life
Torvald- its okay don’t worry about it we’ll find a way to-[After a long pause, biting his lips trying not to cry] to fix it all
Nora- How are we going to do that?
Torvald- We’ll think of a way and if we can’t I’ll take the blame and I’ll go to jail my little skylark won’t last in jail. [Putting a comforting hand on her shoulder] But Nora explain to me why you didn’t tell me this sooner? Why where you keeping this from me?
Nora- I didn’t want you to worry.
Torvald- And you’ve been paying this all by your self until now?
Nora- [wonder why he’s so understanding] Yes.
Maid- [The doorbell rings and the maid answers] here you go sir a letter for Nora.
Torvald- [reading the letter in amazement] is this I think it is [reading it over just to make sure] Yes, yes it is [runs to Nora and gives her a big hug] we’re saved Nora. NORA, WE’RE SAVED
Nora- What does it say? What does the letter say?
Krogstads Letter:
I am sorry, sorry for the pain that I’ve caused after you read that letter please don’t take it to heart I just thought that you should know but here is the bond and you are free of your contract do not worry I wont start any trouble. I am terribly sorry.
-Krogstad
Torvald- [He takes the bond and burns it] Oh, Nora I’m so happy we’re saved.
Nora- You know Torvald I’ve always wanted a miracle to happen, I’ve always wanted you to one day just change the way you are, and one day just stand up for me and one day just stop treating me like a doll like my father treated me in his house. Torvald I have discovered that the greatest miracle of all happened. That miracle was me marring you.
Torvald- [ He looks at her wondering what she’s talking about then after a few seconds of recapping what she said he looks at the time and smiles] come Nora we had a long day with all that dancing, Lets go to sleep shall we?
Nora- [ hand in hand] Yes, we shall [ they walk upstairs and the door slams]
THE END
Friday, June 4, 2010
Monday, May 31, 2010
Act 2 Post, A Dolls House
By act 2 the true colors of all of the characters starts to appear. For example; we find out that Nora is flirty with Dr. Rank, We also find out that Dr. Rank is dying, not only that but we also found out that Dr. Rank is in love with Nora. While Nora is being flirty with Dr. Rank she uses her stockings to flirt, in my opinion these stockings are a symbol of how Nora can be, and what she does to please men.
Krogstad comes by and he explains that he will leave a letter in the mailbox for Helemer to read and when he does he will give Krogstad his job in order to save his wife. In my opinion I believe that Nora is thinking about killing herself. She doesn’t want Helmer to give up everything he worked hard for just because Krogstad is black mailing her.
Nora is a very manipulative person in my opinion she can manipulate her husband into forget about what he’s doing and come help her. She also puts on this act of how stupid and delicate she is for him.
Do you think Nora will kill herself?
Krogstad comes by and he explains that he will leave a letter in the mailbox for Helemer to read and when he does he will give Krogstad his job in order to save his wife. In my opinion I believe that Nora is thinking about killing herself. She doesn’t want Helmer to give up everything he worked hard for just because Krogstad is black mailing her.
Nora is a very manipulative person in my opinion she can manipulate her husband into forget about what he’s doing and come help her. She also puts on this act of how stupid and delicate she is for him.
Do you think Nora will kill herself?
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Act 1 Post , A Doll's House
After reading the first act of the very interesting play all of the characters begin to show us who they are and what their intentions are. Also, the plot of the story is very well described in the first act of the story as well. We meet Nora, a very smart women that did a very brave thing to save her husbands life, by borrowing money from someone by herself, which wasn’t acceptable at that time, forging her fathers signature on an important document. We also learn that she loves to go out squandering all her money, or so Travold, her husband seems to think so. At the beginning of the play we see that Nora is popping macaroons in her mouth. Her husband on the other hand does not allow macaroons in the house, the macaroons can symbolize Nora’s deceit to her husband, and all the things she hides from him. Nora is extremely intelligent since she has everyone thinking that she’s this woman who thinks she’s very ravishing and she loves to spend money and she’s this woman who doesn’t care about anyone or anything but in reality she’s a caring person who has a few tricks up her sleeves.
The Plot of the story is that while Nora is supposedly getting ready for Christmas she’s eating macaroons and two of her husband’s friends walk in. They go inside to immediately talk to her husband while Kristina, Nora’s friend from a while ago. Soon, her friend realizes what a carefree life she’s having and how she didn’t have to worry about anything. This is when she starts to tell Kristina about the selfless deed that she did to save her husbands life. Based on what she did she’s being black mailed into making her husband give the man that she borrowed the money from a permanent job at the bank. I believe that If Nora would of just came clean and told her husband what she had done right after his life was saved, he would have been mad for a while but after that maybe he would have been thankful that he has someone in this world that cares about him enough to actually do what ever she can to save her husbands life. Of course Torvold would have paid back the person she borrowed money from immediately after he found out which would of ended their problems. Since that’s not how it happened the mood of the play is being symbolized by the Christmas tree which isn’t quite a happy mood it’s more of a mysterious, weird kind of mood.
The Plot of the story is that while Nora is supposedly getting ready for Christmas she’s eating macaroons and two of her husband’s friends walk in. They go inside to immediately talk to her husband while Kristina, Nora’s friend from a while ago. Soon, her friend realizes what a carefree life she’s having and how she didn’t have to worry about anything. This is when she starts to tell Kristina about the selfless deed that she did to save her husbands life. Based on what she did she’s being black mailed into making her husband give the man that she borrowed the money from a permanent job at the bank. I believe that If Nora would of just came clean and told her husband what she had done right after his life was saved, he would have been mad for a while but after that maybe he would have been thankful that he has someone in this world that cares about him enough to actually do what ever she can to save her husbands life. Of course Torvold would have paid back the person she borrowed money from immediately after he found out which would of ended their problems. Since that’s not how it happened the mood of the play is being symbolized by the Christmas tree which isn’t quite a happy mood it’s more of a mysterious, weird kind of mood.
Monday, May 24, 2010
A Doll's House
My Name is Nazila and I have learned many things this year in my English class that I enjoyed for example; I enjoyed learning all about the Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Also, about the many short stories that we have read and their authors. I have also learned to use transition words in my essays. I have also learned many other things this year that I'm sure I will use in the future like learning to edit everything I write, or wording things more clearly, I have also learned to analyze what I'm reading to better understand it, also before I start reading a book looking up facts about it before will help me better understand what I'm reading.
Our class is about to start reading a wonderful play by Henrik Ibsen Called “A Doll’s House” and before reading anything you should have some background knowledge of the author and the book. According to http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ibsen.htm “Henrik Ibsen was born in Skien, a tiny coastal town in the south of Norway and as a child Ibsen dreamed of becoming an artist so he went on to become a writer. He went on to write "A Doll’s House". "A Doll´s House" (1879) was a social drama, which caused a sensation and toured Europe and America. In the play a woman refuses to obey her husband and walks out from her apparently perfect marriage, her life in the "A Doll's House". At the turn-of-the-century physicians used Nora, whose mood changes from joy to depression in short cycles of time, as an example of "female hysteria". Later Havelock Ellis, inspired by Nora's character, saw in her "the promise of a new social order."” I believe that he based some of the characters and the story line on his life while he was growing up.
Our class is about to start reading a wonderful play by Henrik Ibsen Called “A Doll’s House” and before reading anything you should have some background knowledge of the author and the book. According to http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ibsen.htm “Henrik Ibsen was born in Skien, a tiny coastal town in the south of Norway and as a child Ibsen dreamed of becoming an artist so he went on to become a writer. He went on to write "A Doll’s House". "A Doll´s House" (1879) was a social drama, which caused a sensation and toured Europe and America. In the play a woman refuses to obey her husband and walks out from her apparently perfect marriage, her life in the "A Doll's House". At the turn-of-the-century physicians used Nora, whose mood changes from joy to depression in short cycles of time, as an example of "female hysteria". Later Havelock Ellis, inspired by Nora's character, saw in her "the promise of a new social order."” I believe that he based some of the characters and the story line on his life while he was growing up.
A Doll's House
My Name is Nazila and I have learned many things this year in my English class that I enjoyed for example; I enjoyed learning all about the Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Also, about the many short stories that we have read and their authors. I have also learned to use transition words in my essays. I have also learned many other things this year that I'm sure I will use in the future like learning to edit everything I write, or wording things more clearly, I have also learned to analyze what I'm reading to better understand it, also before I start reading a book looking up facts about it before will help me better understand what I'm reading.
Our class is about to start reading a wonderful play by Henrik Ibsen Called “A Doll’s House” and before reading anything you should have some background knowledge of the author and the book. According to http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ibsen.htm “Henrik Ibsen was born in Skien, a tiny coastal town in the south of Norway and as a child Ibsen dreamed of becoming an artist so he went on to become a writer. He went on to write "A Doll’s House". "A Doll´s House" (1879) was a social drama, which caused a sensation and toured Europe and America. In the play a woman refuses to obey her husband and walks out from her apparently perfect marriage, her life in the "A Doll's House". At the turn-of-the-century physicians used Nora, whose mood changes from joy to depression in short cycles of time, as an example of "female hysteria". Later Havelock Ellis, inspired by Nora's character, saw in her "the promise of a new social order."” I believe that he based some of the characters and the story line on his life while he was growing up.
Our class is about to start reading a wonderful play by Henrik Ibsen Called “A Doll’s House” and before reading anything you should have some background knowledge of the author and the book. According to http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ibsen.htm “Henrik Ibsen was born in Skien, a tiny coastal town in the south of Norway and as a child Ibsen dreamed of becoming an artist so he went on to become a writer. He went on to write "A Doll’s House". "A Doll´s House" (1879) was a social drama, which caused a sensation and toured Europe and America. In the play a woman refuses to obey her husband and walks out from her apparently perfect marriage, her life in the "A Doll's House". At the turn-of-the-century physicians used Nora, whose mood changes from joy to depression in short cycles of time, as an example of "female hysteria". Later Havelock Ellis, inspired by Nora's character, saw in her "the promise of a new social order."” I believe that he based some of the characters and the story line on his life while he was growing up.
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