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Running head: DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
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A Doll's house
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A Doll's house
As a reader, how do you react to the original ending of A Doll's House?
Which character do you
support – either Nora or Torvalds – and why?
How do you respond to Ibsen's alternative ending?
Why do you prefer it or not like it?
How might you end the play?
A Doll's House finishes with the banging of a door. Nora turns her back on the spouse
and children and lifts off into the ice to make her own means in the world. I think that despite the
decision made by Nora seeming foolish, it was a very bold decision that she made. She left her
home with no job, no marketable skills, or prospects at all. I think that by making this choice,
Nora is excluding herself from the social order she has always been a part of.
I support the
character of Torvald because he believes that the role of a man in marriage is to guide and protect
his wife. This can be seen in the way he evidently enjoys the idea that Nora requires his
guidance, and he relates with Nora as her father would. Torvald instructs Nora with morals, and
he is also keen to teach Nora the dance she performs during the costume party (Ibsen, 1972). In
Torvald, I see a supportive husband who likes to envision himself as a savior for Nora. The
alternate conclusion proposed by Ibsen alters the entire connotation behind the narrative and
sends out a totally changed message than the first ending did. By looking at her kids once more
and deciding to remain, Nora is overlooking all her strategies to find herself and, as an
alternative, decides to go on living a lie. I do not like this ending since it changes the entire
meaning of the story.
Looking back from our world today, if you were an actress in the late nineteenth-century, would
you agree to play Nora's role?
If so, how would you portray her? What would be the core feeling
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you would want to get across to your audience?
In other words, what would you most want your
audience to understand?
If I were an actress in the late nineteenth-century, I would agree to play the role of Nora
and portray her as a strong woman who chooses her happiness and peace of mind over the
comfort and security of her husband. The core feeling that I would want to mostly get across to
the audience is that women are strong and can stand on their own.
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References
Ibsen, H. (1972). A doll's house. New York: S. French.