A Doll's House Critique

The assignment is a critique of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House. It discusses the effectiveness of the performance, highlighting Nora's characterization as a housewife and her submissiveness to her husband, Torvald. The analysis also touches on the lighting and dressing used in the play, which symbolize Nora's personal life and her relationship with Dr. Rank. The directorship is praised for creating an accurate pictorial presentation of society, focusing on the gender role as depicted by Nora and her husband, Torvald.

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A Doll's House Critique
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Introduction
The play A Doll's House was written in 1879 by Henrik Ibsen, a play writer who lived
between 1829 and 1906. Unlike his depiction in his play, Ibsen led a full marriage life in which
he believed one could live a happy lifestyle with a family as he did throughout his adult life. In
his first performance featuring the crew members including Hattie Morahan, Dominic Rowan,
Steve Toussaint, Nick Fletcher, Yolanda Kettle, Lynne Verrall, and Susannah Wise in 1879, the
scene placed the product on the global map. The playset is marred a three-act coverage,
elaborating life around Nora, a housewife who demonstrates disillusion and dissatisfaction with
her husband, Torvald Helmer. The play' author writes the play during the 19th century to imply
subjugation during that time to demonstrate the formation of marriage and child-rearing with
specific implication on parental influence on the overall child behavior with the Copenhagen
setting the 1870s. The entire play's characterization from the first act to the last act illustrates
behavioral implications on the honest relationship and submissiveness of one gender to the other,
which seems superior. For instance, when some disagreement erupts between Nora and her
husband, she walks out through the door slamming back at her husband. She leaves her little
children, and it creates a scene of disobedience on the young generation in society.
Effectiveness of the performance
Throughout the play, Nora demonstrates a housewife's characteristics with whom entire
her entire activities happen within a single room, where she seems not to leave. Unlike other
women characters in the play, Nora seems comfortable with her to stay in her house while her
husband leaves for work. In her context, Nora effectively portrays a pure representation of
women in society regarding marriage and motherhood. Mr. Torvald, Nora's husband, on the other
hand, believes that a perfect woman for a wife must assume the roles of a woman in the house as

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a mother and a caregiver. For that reason, he thinks that it is Nora's responsibility to instill
responsibility and morality in children.
Moreover, Nora, out of the symbolism of a woman in the society, bears several feminine
titles, including "little woman," little skylark," little songbird," and "little person "from her
husband, Torvald, all along with the three scenes of the play. As a caregiver, Nora commits fraud
from her father's banks to help save her husband's life while he was on a sickbed, and there was
no money. The conception of such titles from her has husband depicts the possessive nature of
the women they love. However, inconsistency in women's lifestyles would not have remained
identified in Nora. She could sometimes indicate predictability in her character and change into a
more captivating and improvised pet only to the unexpected realization. As a result, the marriage
in the play A Doll's House transfigure into the reality of the act's entire sceneries.
The recap of the play's scenes interestingly indicates the generalized perception of
manliness based on the description Nora gives against her husband even though they live
together. She describes her husband to create some sense of her possible knowledge of the lies
the male characters could be held in comparison to women characters. Torvald demonstrates
typical traits of manliness by how he would always want to be self-reliant despite the
unsuccessful historical story linked to his significant refusal to take chances. Consequently, he
finds some preferable chance as a banker where he would deal with liquid money. The concept
of money and materialization becomes part of the play to illustrate some possible causes of
complications in one's life, eliminating independence. Besides, Torvald's desire for financial
freedom creates rhetoric debating on either side of reality.
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The lighting as used in the play indicates Nora's personal life as a journey through which
she travels in difficulty but all gests in place later in the last act of the play. Torvald claims to
take everything around his life for himself, unknowing of the relationship between Dr. Rank and
his wife, Nora. As Nora continues to talk, the lighting glows darker. Besides, there is witnessed
some manipulation from Nora's talk to the doctor. Dr, Rank inherently develops affection for his
client and gets himself in the world of fantasy while in Nora's room. However, Nora finds this
idea silly, especially when Dr. Rank jots at her while the lights are on. On the other hand, the
play's central character is costumed in a ball dress, which demonstrates a symbolic marriage to
her lovely husband, Torvald. With a representation of the Italian setting, the play's directorship
concedes the ultimate quick musical beats of the primary keys. Nora depicts female character
resilience as she dances the tarantella to Torvald as his doll in pursuit to impress his feelings.
The implication of such acts in the play establishes the existence of genuine belief in female
capability in creating amusement to their counterparts in the socialization.
Directorship
The play's cast definition portrays a comprehensive determination of women in society,
especially with men defining boundaries for their counterparts. Characterization in the play was
significantly defined in the directors' best interest, Carrie Cracknell and Robert Delamere. The
crew planning and use of characterization in the play, A Doll's House has created an accurate
pictorial presentation of society, focusing on the gender role as depicted by Nora and her
husband, Torvald.
In conclusion, the deliberate presentation of societal ideas with the play's crew is
sensational. The play recognizes the role of gender back in the 19th century and in such

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contemporary times. The connectednesses of characterization in the play create further
enthusiasm to watch the play again shortly. Besides, the play's implication is provocative to
human behavior, regardless of the periodic difference between when the play was published and
current times, the play made a significant evening for my friends and me. The most significant
aspect of the play is how it portrays the roles of gender in the community with thematic
implications on feminine roles and manliness. Definition of gender role in society provides a
learning circumstance to enable everyone to understand he/she belongs. The play also
demonstrates the use of symbolism as an element of the reality that everyone must embrace. The
directors and the play's scriptwriters created a series of events showing value and morality
evaluation, especially for the adults whose behaviors would matter the most for a younger
generation. The most significant emphasis, the play showcases how important women are in
ensuring that morality with the family setting, especially for young kids who might need
motherhood protection from the world's cruelty. For that reason, Torvald's beliefs on the nature
of a good wife with motherhood traits may remain valid even in the contemporary world.
Therefore, at every point of her characterization in the play, Nora depicts some typical elements
of a woman due to her submissiveness, affection, and care, giving to the extent of involving in
financial fraud to help her husband recover. although she also engaged in some ethical issues,
especially hen she walks away from her husband and abandons her young and innocent children,
a behavior that leaves Torvald wondering whether it was a wise decision for a married woman
like Nora

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References
Ibsen, H. (2008). A doll's house. A&C Black.