Playwrights
Which playwright has been called the first male feminist?
Who is "Henrik Ibsen"?
The problem that exists between Nora and her husband Torvald can be classified as what kind of classic literary conflict?
What is "Character vs. Character"?
What is the Greek word for Drama?
What is "action"
What significant thing triggered the women’s discovery of what really happened to Minnie in Trifles?
What is finding a dead bird with a broken neck?
This is a long speech by a single actor generally made when the actor speaks directly to the audience.
What is a monologue?
What are the main themes of Jennie Webb’s one act play Carry On.
What are "coping with grief and loss"?
What type of larger conflict does Nora face as a Victorian-era wife?
What is "Character vs. Society"?
What were the two classic types of Greek drama?
What are "comedy and tragedy"?
What kind of character archetype is John Wright in the play Trifles?
What is a villian?
This is a long speech by a character who is alone on stage, revealing their inner thoughts to themselves and the audience.
What is a soliloquy?
Who wrote the groundbreaking play Trifles which exposed power differences between the sexes?
Who is Susan Glaspell?
In A Doll’s House, which item symbolizes Nora's hidden defiance?
What are "the macaroons"?
What did the actors wear in traditional Greek dramas to help the audience recognize characters?
What are masks?
What larger societal issue does Trifles subtly address?
What is gender inequality and domestic violence?
In ancient Greece, the area where the audience sat in the amphitheater was called?
What is the Theatron?
This playwright is considered the father of modern drama.
Who is Henrik Ibsen?
What are the central themes of the play A Doll’s House?
What are "identity and self-discovery" or "gender roles and inequality" or "appearances and reality"?
In ancient Greek theaters, what was the area called where the actors performed?
What is "the Orchestra" or "the Skene"?
In Trifles, what does the dead bird symbolize?
What is "John Wright’s oppression of Minnie Wright"?
The characters in the play A Doll's House face many conflicts that can be classified into 2 main overarching types called?
What are internal and external conflicts?
The play Trifles was based on what?
What is a true crime event of a murder committed by a wife that Susan Glaspell covered during her time as a journalist.
What does the ending of A Doll's House represent for Nora?
What are rejection of traditional gender roles or a journey of self discovery and identity.
Who was the Greek god honored by early Greek drama performances?
Who is Dionysus?
Susan Glaspell who created the Provincetown Players drama group and theater is often called what for her work?
The mother of modern American Drama.
What type of character arc does Nora undergo by the end of A Doll’s House?
What is a transformation arc?