Good evening, everyone! I am pleased to have met you tonight and am excited about working with you this semester. Thank you for a wonderful discussion.
I would like to send you a few questions for your journals. Be sure to choose only two or three to answer. Choose questions that could be worth expanding into a paper.
Let's start with some of the YouTube videos that we watched.
Here are links to the Canadian production:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw296lmcDgU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA43P6RHo90
Here are links to the production starring Hattie Morahan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaYUfGEIrlU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOuFocD10hU
Here is a link to a scene from the film version starring Claire Bloom and Anthony Hopkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMa0ZARfZBM&t=11s
Now that you've had some time to think about it, how would you compare/contrast these versions? Do you prefer modern dress, historically accurate, or something between the two? Which actors seemed to be the most compelling? Which sets allowed you to focus on the play and understand it better? Consider that Ibsen's setting for the play is no longer our reality.
How did the interviews with Hattie Morahan and Katherine Gauthier help you understand Nora a little better? What would you want to ask Claire Bloom about Nora? How do you think she sees Nora?
How did watching the film and videos help you understand A Doll's House more?
How did reading Ibsen's play help you understand the film more?
How did Ibsen's dialogue help you understand the plot and characters?
How did Ibsen's stage directions help you understand the plot and characters more clearly?
Which symbols did you notice in A Doll's House? Why?
Who is Nora's antagonist (the character against whom she contends)? Why?
Is A Doll's House a timeless play, a timely play, or a dated play? Why?
Do you feel that Torvald is playing "let's pretend" with Nora? Why? Why not?
How would you characterize Torvald and Nora's marriage?
How would you characterize Torvald? Is he a sympathetic figure? Why? Why not?
Choose Mrs. Linde, Dr. Rank, or Krogstad. How would you characterize him/her? How does the film seem to depict him/her?
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