Characters
The protagonist of the play.
Who is Nora Helmer?
One of the reasons the play shocked Victorian audiences.
What is (several answers).
In the play, every time a truth is told, this happens.
What is someone makes a light?
The big secret Nora keeps from Torvald.
What is she borrowed money?
Squirrel, lark, chipmunk, songbird.
What is chipmunk? (Torvald's nicknames for Nora.)
The main antagonist of the play.
Who is Krogstad?
What is spinal tuberculosis?
When Nora says her daughter will pull a doll cradle to bits, it foreshadows this.
What is the failure of her marriage?
Krogstad wants Nora to do this for him.
What is persuade Torvald not to fire him?
Realism, melodrama, naturalism.
What is naturalism? (The only genre we didn't look at.)
This character is obsessed with death and corruption.
Who is Dr. Rank?
Ibsen wrote realism as a reaction to this preceding genre.
What is melodrama?
Kristine wants a job for this reason.
What is to support someone?
When Nora and Dr. Rank talk about certain foods, they are doing this.
What is flirting or seducing?
Corruption, light, truth.
What is corruption? (If you have to ask ... )
These are Nora's "dolls."
Who are her children?
When Germany banned the play, Ibsen reluctantly did this.
What is changed the ending?
The famous final image of the play.
What a slamming door?
The Christmas miracle Nora is hoping for.
What is that Torvald will defend her?
Torvald, Nora, the children
Who is Torvald? (He isn't a "doll.")
By the end of the play, one could argue this person is an antagonist.
Who is Torvald Helmer?
Although the play was first performed in Denmark, Ibsen was a native of this place.
Where is Norway?
When Nora feeds her friends macaroons, she is symbolically doing this.
What is corrupting them (with lies)?
Dr. Rank says at the next party, he will be this.
What is invisible?
Suicide, theft, abandonment.
What is theft? (Nora never plans theft.)