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A Doll's House Act 2Page 980
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Objective
  • Students will analyze the difference between
    protagonists vs. antagonists and heroes vs.
    villains in order to identify the roles of the
    characters in Act 2 of A Doll's House and
    formulate a selection summary.

3
Relevancy
  • When we first started reading A Doll's House, we
    talked about how it was a modern realistic drama.
    However, we have only identified the hero in
    our stories. We will analyze what qualities make
    a character an antagonist or protagonist in order
    to better draw connections to conflicts in our
    own lives. We will analyze the human condition
    to find redeeming qualities in those who we
    labeled villains.

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Protagonist versus Antagonist
  • Video clip

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Vocabulary
  • First, repeat after me Protagonist, Antagonist
  • Protagonist the main character, in a literary
    work, that the reader/audience empathizes with
  • Antagonist is the opposing force that causes
    conflict for the protagonist
  • 1. Does a protagonist always prevail and defeat
    the antagonist?
  • 2. Does a hero always prevail and defeat the
    villain?
  • 3. Does a villain have any redeeming qualities?

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Vocabulary
  • Pair Share say the terms protagonist and
    antagonist in the following sentence stem
  • If I am the protagonist, _________________ would
    be the antagonist in my life because
    ______________________________________.
  • --------------------------------------------------
    ----------------
  • Ex If I am the protagonist, my ex-Walmart bosses
    would be the antagonists in my life because they
    always tell me I do everything wrong rather than
    try to help me do things correctly.

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Reading Strategy / Formative(identifying
characteristics)
  • Show the smiley face if you agree with the
    statement and the sad face if you disagree.
  • 1. Odysseus is a hero because he defeats every
    obstacle he faces and grows as a person.
  • 2. Poseidon is a villain because he did nothing
    for Odysseus except try to kill him.
  • 3. Ms. Lesniak is an antagonist because she
    fails some of her students.
  • 4. Ms. Lesniak is a villain because she fails
    some of her students.
  • 5. Romeo is not a hero because he doesn't grow
    as a person.

8
Choral Reading
  • You have each received a card with one of the
    following characters
  • Nora
  • Mrs. Linde (Kristine)
  • Helmer (Torvald)
  • Dr. Rank
  • Together, those of you who have the same
    character will be reading aloud that character's
    lines.
  • As we begin today's reading, pay close attention
    to the character's actions to see if they are
    multidimensional.

9
Selection Summary review Act 2(pages 978-980)
  • What does Mrs. Linde do for Nora?
  • What does Nora suggest about Torvald's
    personality?
  • What is Nora hiding from Mrs. Linde? Does Mrs.
    Linde suspect anything?
  • Mrs. Linde is sewing Nora's dress for the
    tarantella dance. Nora suggests that her husband
    is extremely territorial and will get jealous if
    Nora speaks to even a friend, such as Kristine.
    Nora is hiding that Krogstad plans to blackmail
    her by revealing the forged bank loan to Torvald.
    Mrs. Linde definitely suspects something and may
    still believe it has to with Dr. Rank.

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Selection Summary Act 3(pages 981 - 983)
  • What decision of Torvald's does Nora try to
    challenge?
  • How does Torvald handle Nora's request?
  • What is Torvald's reasoning for his actions?
  • Nora is trying to convince Torvald not to fire
    Krogstad. Torvald is angered that Nora would try
    to persuade and undermine him. Torvald decides
    he is still going to fire Krogstad because he
    cannot let his employees think he is indecisive
    or easily manipulated by his wife. Also, he does
    not like the fact that Krogstad addresses him by
    his first name. He feels that is very
    disrespectful for an employee to address his boss
    in such a manner.

11
Selection Summary Act 4(pages 984 - 988)
  • How does Dr. Rank feel about his current health
    situation?
  • What does Dr. Rank claim he would give up for
    Nora? What does this say about his character?
  • What does Nora's refusal to ask Dr. Rank for
    money suggest about her personality?
  • Dr. Rank knows he is going to die soon and feels
    that nobody will remember him once he's gone.
    Dr. Rank says he would give up his life for Nora
    because he is in love with her. He isn't holding
    anything back knowing he will die soon. After
    hearing this, Nora decides not to ask Dr. Rank
    for money because it would be taking advantage of
    him, which means he has caused conflict for her.

12
Selection Summary Act 5(pages 989 - 993)
  • What is Krogstad's initial thought upon receiving
    his termination letter? What may this
    foreshadow?
  • What does Krogstad mean by something worse?
  • Do you agree that Torvald has forced Krogstad
    back to his old ways?
  • Krogstad thinks Torvald must not love or respect
    Nora at all for still sending the letter knowing
    her reputation will be ruined. Nora has not yet
    told Torvald, which Krogstad learns after. But,
    this could foreshadow Torvald's real reaction.
    Krogstad insinuates that he has thought of
    suicide. Knowing more about Krogstad, it's
    easier to sympathize with him, especially knowing
    the real reason for his termination.

13
Selection Summary Act 6(pages 994 - 997)
  • What is problematic about Torvald carrying the
    mail key?
  • Why does Nora keep dancing like her life is at
    stake? How does Torvald respond to this?
  • It is a problem that Torvald has the key because
    it shows he is in control over Nora and that he
    will soon find out her secret when he checks the
    mail. Nora cannot ask for it because as a
    subordinate, it is not her place and looks
    suspicious. Nora is dancing out of control to
    reflect how her life is out of control. She is
    also dancing to distract Torvald. She confirms
    to Torvald that she is dancing as if her life is
    at stake and he ignores that she said anything at
    all.
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