1Shaw (Influence of Ibsen’s play)
A D H C E A F A N S O D A
A Doll’s House conquered Europe and founded a new school of dramatic art
2Sally Ledger (Linde’s role)
C L A A A C F N R
Christine Linde acts as a catalyst for Nora’s rebellion
3Kate Millett
C C H W A C T S
Convention caged her within a child’s toy structure
4Ronald Gray (Torvald’s faults)
H F A T E T B F
Helmer’s faults are too exaggerated to be fruitful
5Ronald Gray (impact of Nora’s actions)
H D A A G A I E D A W A I W E
Her departure announced a great awakening in European drama as well as in women’s egalitarianism
6Ronald Gray (Rank and Nora)
H F W R... I A I O T M S W B T C-R S
Her flirtation with Rank… is another indication of the more spirited woman beneath the convention-respecting surface
7Sally Ledger (Ibsen’s intention)
I I C D M L A A I P
Ibsen is critically dissecting modern life and all its problems
8Ronald Gray (Torvald presentation)
I M H G, A R T T Q O T E
Ibsen makes Helmer grotesque, and reduces the tragic quality of the ending
9Eric Bently (Krogstad)
K I A M P O T P
Krogstad is a mere pawn of the plot
10Shannon Cron
T M O T P I M L P T I I A H N
The message of the play is much less political than it is about human nature
11David Thomas
M L P T C
Mrs Linde precipitates the crisis
12Ronald Gray (use of characters)
N C O T I W O U T T T E I
No character or theme is wasted or unrelated to the total effect intended
13Joan Templeton
N E T C A W A T T O M L
Nora embodies the comedy as well as the tradgedy of modern life
14Sally Ledger (society’s reception of Nora)
N... F H I O T T D O A H S
Nora… finds herself in opposition to the demands of a hostile society
15Sophie Duncan
N P L B L
Nora puts love before legality
16Shannon Cron
N A A A W O R A I R - R O G - T P T
Nora’s actions are a way of reinforcing an individual’s right - regardless of gender - to protect themselves
17Elaine N, Long
N I S A A M A U W
Nora is seen as a monster and unnatural woman
18Ronald Gray
N F L-T L T T
Nora’s final leave-taking looks too theatrical
19Ronald Gray (Nora’s ignoranc)
N S N S O H S T K O M H I
Nora shows no signs of having seen the kind of man Helmer is
20Sally Ledger (repressed desires of Nora)
P O N D T C W P S A
Part of Nora desires to comply with patriarchal social arrangements
21Sally Ledger (how the play impacted theatre)
T P I A P W C A W I T E O B T
The play is a performance which consituted a watershed in the evolution of British theatre
22Ronald Gray (How the play is presented)
T P I C B I C T C T P S
The play is crippled by its conformity to crude though popular standards
23Shaw (style of drama)
T P M B T I A V O F D
The play might be turned into a very ordinary French drama
24Sally Ledger (what the play represents)
T P S A C S O T L A V O T B C
The play shows a critical scrutiny of the lives and values of the bourgeois classes
25Sally Ledger (Rank)
R S T D O T F
Rank symbolised the degeneration of the family
26George Bernars Shaw
T E O T P I N... P T
The ending of the play os not… particularly tragic
27Elaine N. Lomg
T E W N A S
The ending was never a sucess
28Ronald Gray (melodrama)
T P D N S T M
The play does not succumb to melodrama
29Davod Thomas (Torvald)
T... I A M A V O N
Torvald… is as much a victim of Nora