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: WHITE FLOWERS: WHITE FLOWERS
Abrar SindiAbrar Sindi
Ashwag Al-OtaibyAshwag Al-Otaiby
Amira Al-GhamdiAmira Al-Ghamdi
Basma Al-GhamdiBasma Al-Ghamdi
Basma BukhariBasma Bukhari
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A Dolls House
By Henrik IbsenBy Henrik Ibsen
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:Some Facts:Some Facts
:ULL TITLE:ULL TITLE A Doll s House :UTHOR:UTHOR Henrik Ibsen :YPE OF WORK:YPE OF WORK Play :ENRE:ENRE ,Realistic modern prose drama :ANGUAGE:ANGUAGE Norwegian :IME AND PLACE WRITTEN:IME AND PLACE WRITTEN ,1879 Rome and
Italy
:ONE:ONE , ,Serious intense somber ( ):ETTING TIME( ):ETTING TIME Around the late 1870s ( ):ETTING PLACE( ):ETTING PLACE Norway :ROTAGONIST:ROTAGONIST Nora Helmer
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...A Doll s House ...A Doll s House
A Doll s House traces the awakening of NoraHelmer from her previously unexamined
, .life of domestic wifely comfort Havingbeen ruled her whole life by either her
,father or her husband Torvald Norafinally comes to question the foundation
of everything she has believed in once
.her marriage is put to the test
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ain Charactersain Characters ::
Torvald HelmerTorvald Helmer - .is a lawyer He believes thatthe sacred duty of a woman is to be a good wife
. ,and mother The angel of the house Moreover he
tells Nora that women are responsible for the.behaviour of their children
NoraNora- She is Torvald s wife who is treated like achild
KrogstadKrogstad - He is the man Nora borrowed money from.to pay for her trip to Italy
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A Doll's House PlotA Doll's House Plot
,One day Nora borrowes money from Krogsted
( )by forging illegal signature her .father s signature She did it to go to .Italy to save her husband s life Torvald
,doesn t know about the loan so she has.to find away to pay Krogsted back
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,It is Christmas Eve and Torvald has just been,promoted to manager of the bank where he will
.receive an increase in his pay check
Nora is happy because she thinks that she will.finally be able to pay off the loan Her
, ,happiness however is short lived when an.angry Krogstad approaches her
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Krogstad has just learned that his position at the. .bank has been given to Mrs Linde
He tells Nora that he will reveal her secret ifshe doesn t persuade her husband to let him keep
.his job
,Nora tries to convince Torvald to do so by trying, .many ways but she is unsuccessful
Torvald tells her that Krogstad is a bad man and.impossible to work with Nora becomes veryworried and moves around the house afraid that
.Krogstad will appear at any minute
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While Nora keeps on trying to convince her
,husband to let Krogstad his job Torvald.however had other plans not only did he
refuse but he also sent Krogstad a notice.of termination that he has already when she
heard what her husband done Nora starts to.think about committing suicide
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Krogstad tells her that he changed his mind
,although he will keep the bond he will. ,not reveal her to the public Instead hewants to give Torvald a note explaining
the matter so that Torvald will be
pressed to help Krogstad and keep his
.position at the bank He drops the letter .in Torvald s letterbox
Nora tries to use her charms to prevent.Torvald from reading the letter
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,By seeing that Torvald was reading his letters.she resigns herself into committing suicide
.As she was leaving Torvald stops her He has just .read Krogstad s letter He accuses her of
. ,destroying his life During his tirade he isinterrupted by the maid bearing another note
.from Krogstad and addressed to Nora
.Torvald reads it and becomes overjoyed Krogstad.has changed his mind and has sent back the bond
Torvald quickly tells Nora that it is all over: .after all he has forgiven her
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, Nora sees Torvald sas her really is for the,first time sits her husband down and tells
:him that
) .1 She will commit suicide )2 She is happy and ready to start a whole new
.life with him Whichever one do you think it
is??
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, , Well she tells him that given the suffocating,life she has led until now she owes it toherself to become fully independent and toexplore her own character and the world for
,herself so he is leaving himhe is leaving him , !and doesn t love him anymore The play ends with the door slamming on her way
.out
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:Our comments:Our comments
The plot is based upon a ,withheld secret known,only to some of the characters usually about,the play's hero the revelation of which
.provides the turning point of the play
,The play became open ended as if there were.life beyond the last act curtain hos he? - ,he sees women as both child like
helpless creatures detached from reality andinfluential moral forces responsible for thepurity of the world through their influences
.at home
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Ibsen's play was notable for exchanging the last
act's unraveling for a discussion. This play focuses on the way that women are
,seen especially in the context of marriage
. , ,and motherhood Torvald in particular has avery clear and narrow definition of a.woman's role
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A Dolls House
( ) ,1879 was a social drama
which caused a sensation and toured Europe.and America
The basic form of a Doll's House is from
"then French style piece bien faite"- .which means a well made play
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In the play a woman refuses to obey herhusband and esacapes from her perfectmarriage and starts her life in the
"doll's house".
- - -At the the turn of the century physicians
,used Nora whose mood changes from joy to,depression in short cycles of time as an
example of female hysteria
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Exposition
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.The exposition of the story is conventional Isben decided that the exposition should be a
conversation between two old friends who had, . .not met in ten years Nora and Mrs Linden
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Climax
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The climax comes when Helmer learns.of Nora's forgery Nora has hoped for
,that moment and at the same time has.dreaded it
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,She has hoped because although she,was really scared and nervous she'llrealizes that when Helmer learns of her
,crime he may show the first real proof
.of devotion he has ever given her
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She's also scared and worried becauseshe is determined that if he did show her
,the real devotion he'll take the blame,upon himself to protect her which is
something she'll never allow to happen, ,scared that if it happened she'll run awayand take her own life to show the world
.that she was the forger
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Resolution
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The resolution in this play occurs whenNora takes a stance against her husband
,finally at the conclusion and decides toleave and discover who she is truly and
.what she really feels about life
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,If you read the story you'll find that.there was always a moral behind it Instead
of the characters being plain with no.depth
All of Isben's main characters arecomplicated people with problems that the
.audience can relate to