A Doll House

 

 

 

Discussion questions:

  1. Does Nora have as much control over her money as she indicates (for example, when she says she saves money from doing odd jobs)?
  2. Is it essential that the main character be a woman in this play?
  3. In what ways does Ibsen give external symbols of internal qualities in his characters?
  4. Is Nora a victim or does she bring her trouble on herself?
  5. What social message might Ibsen support through this play?
  6. What elements of either Romanticism or Realism do you find in the play?

 

Links to other Internet sources:

  the text of the play (Sharp's translation) from Gutenberg or from classic reader

William Archer's translation with introduction

a concordance to the Meyer translation

The Ibsen Society of America

  Emma Goldman's Essay on A Doll's House (1914)

  my page on The Wild Duck

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