Questions

Academic English IV-Period 3

19 May 2014

1. Metzger, Sheri. "An overview of A Doll's House." Drama for Students. Detroit: Gale. Literature Resource Center. Web. 19 May 2014.

The article focuses a great deal on the background information pertaining to the time period in which the play is set to take place. The author of the article hones in on the Victorian era and the relations in which the characters have to this time period. It explains that women's rights and feminist equality play a significant role in understanding the text itself. Nora is seen to exemplify the role of a typical woman in the particular day and age mentioned. This information is useful in the sense that Nora's behavior and how she is seen by society contributes to the overall theme of the play.

2. Scott, Clement. "Review of 'A Doll's House." The Theatre 14.79 (July 1889): 19-22. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Paula Kepos. Vol. 37. Detroit: Gale research, 1991. Literature Resource Center. Web. 19 May 2014.

The author Clement Scott relishes on the ups and downs that occur throughout the course of the play in his review on it. He goes into great detail about Nora's character and her upbringing that brought her to become the way that she is seen in the audience's eyes. As well, he goes on to talk about the steady downfall of Nora's character as the play progresses. He also throws in a remark about how the audiences revolted against the conclusion of the play, finding it not worthy enough. This source proves to be significant due to the fact that you get to see how others portray the play as opposed to just you as the reader.

3. Forward, Stephanie. "A new world for women? Stephanie Forward considers Nora's dramatic exit from Ibsen's A Doll's House. " The English Review 19.4 (2009): 24+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 19 May 2014.

Forward explains the expectations that women of this time period were hoping to come across. They sought after independence and...