T: A Doll

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T A Dolls HouseA Henrik IbsenN Norwegian
G drama

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Drama Terms

• 1) Drama-- a story acted out on a stage by actors
  and actresses who take parts of specific
  characters (a play)
• 2) Dialogue--conversation held by the characters
  which serve to advance the storys action
• 3) Stage Directions--words that tell actors where
  to go, how to move, and how to say their lines
• 4) Aside--words spoken by a character in a play
  in a low voice, not to be heard by other
  characters
• 5) Monologue--long, uninterrupted speech that is
  spoken in the presence of other characters
• 6) Soliloquy--a speech usually long in which a
  character is alone on stage and expresses his/her
  thoughts aloud

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• 7) Dramatic structure-- the way information is
  presented in a play.
• 8) Plot the sequence of events in a work
• 9) Subplota smaller storyline that develops
  within the main plot
• 10) Exposition the beginning of the work
  introduces the setting, characters, and conflict
• 11) Rising Action when the events become more
  complicated leads to the climax
• 12) Climax point of highest action/emotion
• 13) Falling actionis a result of the climax
  ties up loose ends of the story
• 14) Resolution/denouementtells how things end
  for all characters

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• 15) Setting--time and place of the action in
  drama the setting is told in the stage directions
• 16) Character--a person, animal, or presence in a
  literary work
• 17) Characterization--the way a writer reveals
  the personality of a character
• direct and indirect
• 18) Dramatic Foil--a character who sets off
  another character by contrast an opposite
  character
• 19) Turning Point--point of great tension and
  determines which direction the action will take
• 20) SymbolUsing an object or repetitive theme to
  represent a larger idea/(An object that stands
  for something else)
• 21) Foreshadowing--The subtle revealing of clues
  that hint to events that will occur later in the
  story
• 22) Epiphanya sudden, unexpected moment of
  realization (when the light bulb comes on)

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• 23) Thememain idea of the work
• 24) Motivation the reasons behind a characters
  actions
• 25) Conflict--Struggle between two forces in a
  story
• Internal and external
• 26) Irony--a conflict between reality and
  appearance or expectations
• 27) Dramatic Irony--occurs when the reader or
  audience knows something that a character in the
  story does not know
• 28) Situational irony--When you get the opposite
  of what you expect in a situation/Surprise ending
  of a story
• 29)Verbal irony-- occurs when a speaker says one
  thing and means something different
• 30) Suspensethe tension or excitement the reader
  feels about what will happen next in the work
• 31) Mood the overall feeling that a work creates
  for readers
• 32) Dictionchoice of words style

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A Dolls House

• Produced in 1879
• Henrik Ibsen was one of the founders of modern
  realistic prose drama.
• He wrote using
• realistic dialogue
• realistic situations in life
• elaborate, detailed sets that changed as the
  scene changed
• props, lighting, and scenery (and used them as
  symbols)

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Clockwork Activities

• 1200 List five facts about Ibsen.
• 300 List five facts about the background.
• 600 Focus Activity List three qualities you
  believe are the most important for a good,
  successful relationship/marriage.
• Analyze The Good Wifes Guide.
• 900 Room Raiders Read the stage directions
  on page 879. Describe the characters who live in
  this setting. Be able to prove your theory.

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Homework

• Interview five people and ask them to give you
  their thoughts on the most important qualities
  for a successful relationship/marriage. (Ask a
  range of people old and young, single and
  married, male and female, etc.)
• Honors students will later use these responses as
  a basis for an effect paper.

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Homework Format

• person interviewed their description their
  answers
• Uncle Joe 35 year-old communication
• married man love, trust
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During Reading Activities

• Read Act I and take reading quiz 1.
• Create a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting
  Nora and Kristine.
• Hypothesize about what you think will occur in A
  Dolls House, Act II.

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Searching out symbols

• What does each item symbolize in our work?
• 1) macaroons
• 2) the tarantella
• 3) the Christmas treeadorned and unadorned
• 4) doll-wife, doll-child
• 5) the Italian costume the vari-colored shawl

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Searching out symbols

• What does each item symbolize in our work?
• 6) the black shawl
• 7) A mailbox with a key
• 8) the calling card marked with a black cross
• 9) The freezing black water
• 10) needlework

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In your assigned groups, complete a character map
for your assigned character after reading Act 2.
Character Map Characters name
Thoughts of the character

Important quotes of the character
What does the character see? Lump
in the throat What obstacle must the character
overcome?
Where of importance does the character go?
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Complete reading the drama, and complete the
activities.Decision-Making

• List major decisions made by each character.
  Include your explanation of the motivation and
  consequence of each decision
• Decision Motivation
  Consequence
• Nora
• Torvald

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Decision-Making

• List major decisions made by each character.
  Include your explanation of the motivation and
  consequence of each decision
• Decision Motivation
  Consequence
• Kristine
• Krogstad

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How do each of these characters help Nora realize
she can leave her family?

• Dr. Rank
• Kristine Linde
• Anne-Marie

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Types of CharactersName and describe a character
for each entry

• Dramatic character
• Static character
• Round character
• Flat character

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Irony

• Give one example of dramatic irony.
• Give one example of situational irony.

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List possible themes of A Dolls House
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Create a plot diagram for A Dolls House