Name that Tune
"Do you remember last Christmas? For a full three weeks beforehand you shut yourself up every evening until long after midnight, making ornaments for the Christmas Tree, and all the other fine things that were to be a surprise to us. It was the dullest three weeks I ever spent! "
Who is Helmer
The Tarantella that Nora dances in Ibsen's version
What is a symbol of her frenetic efforts to mesmerize Toravald and distract him and herself from the impending revelation of her crime.
What is the way she uses feminine wiles to seduce and distract Torvald.
What is a tempestuous dance that symbolizes how frantic Nora's brain is as she attempts to forge a way out of her crisis.
The number of years for which Nora has disappeared in Hnath's version.
What is 15 years.
The symbolism of the death certificate in DH2
This literal form will represent her metaphorical death. Declaring herself dead will cause the judge to stop seeking to punish her and it will spell the end of her life as Nora Helmer. She will have to disappear and be reborn.
True
She does not stay with them and flits from lover to lover, a sign that she cannot find happiness in love or that she does not seek or want stability.
"I promised to get you that amount, on certain conditions. Your mind was so taken up with your husband’s illness, and you were so anxious to get the money for your journey, that you seem to have paid no attention to the conditions of our bargain. Therefore it will not be amiss if I remind you of them. Now, I promised to get the money on the security of a bond which I drew up."
Who is Krogstad
The dog in Hnath's play
What is a symbol of fidelity and faith and a sign of Anne Marie's care for Torvald. However, because he has not been particularly good at lavishing attention or care on Nora, this dog is ironic. In some ways, in the original version, he treated her like a dog.
He is seeking vengeance on Nora in Hnath's version because of the fallout from her novels.
Who is the judge.
The doorways and thresholds in both plays.
What are symbols of liminal space, of being both stuck inside while longing to go out, or being shut out and hungering to come in (Dr. Rank).
There was a rationale for Nora's original forgery in Ibsen's version?
True and an urgent one; Torvald was dying.
"I, for the record, never thought you were dead-- a lot of people thought you were dead, other people, not Torvald and the kids, of course, but a lot of people think you're dead."
Who is Anne Marie in Hnath's version
Discuss how this is true on a metaphoric level
What is a symbol of his encroaching death, which he seems ready to welcome. Interestingly, he has told Nora and not Torvald that he intends to end his own life because of the physical pain he suffers.
Anne Marie and Nora both share this act though they each did it for very different reasons.
What is they have both abandoned their children.
"It's -- it's like you've saved everyone from a drowning boat, but you've left them with no way to get to shore."
Emmy mourned Nora's loss the hardest according to Hnath's version
False. Bobby did.
"Because you left, I know nothing about what a marriage is and what a marriage looks like. "
Who is Emmy [DH2]
The Christmas Tree that Nora brings home in Ibsen's version
What is a symbol of the light and happiness she has worked so hard to kindle in the family and a reminder of the very real sacrifices she has made.
This is the name of Emmy's fiance.
Who is Jorgen.
"I was your little skylark, your doll, which you would in future treat with doubly gentle care, because it was so brittle and fragile." [Nora to Torvald DH1}
What is a metaphor comparing Nora to a bird and doll.
Nora, Torvald, and Emmy will all be guilty of committing serious crimes if they go through with Emmy's plan.
What is true.
Each will have forged papers and faked a death.
"I GAVE YOU WHAT YOU WANTED!"
Who is Torvald shouting at Nora at the end of DH2
The macaroons in Ibsen's version.
What is a symbol of Torvald's truly alarming control over Nora. He is "allowing" and denying her sweets. Controlling food is a truly toxic form of control.
What is a house.
A sign that she has made tons of money but we see no evidence that she has shared with Torvald or the children.
"It costs you nothing to do it."
Nora to Torvald, asking him for a divorce in DH2.
A pun on "costs" -- literal $ and emotional cost
Ironic--her request could bankrupt him
Motif of money
Before she became a writer, Nora survived by becoming a maid.
What is false. She became a seamstress and lived in a boarding house.