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A Doll’s House - Term Papers

A Doll’s House

Henrik Ibsen – ‘A Doll’s House’

Within Act One of ‘A Doll’s House’ it is obvious that Nora is the main central character. During this act, we see her character change due to her surroundings.

When we are first introduced to Nora, she is “humming contentedly to herself”. She appears childlike; this would be put across in many different ways such as twisting her hair around her fingers. This would also put across the initial innocence of her as she would look lost and confused within her complicated surroundings. Due to the fact that she is regularly addressed by Helmer as “Skylark” and “Squirrel” backs up the childlikeness of her character. Helmer would mainly be standing over her to ...

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and claps hands” show her childlike traits taking over when in Mrs Linde’s presence. As they are of similar age (went to school together) the level of maturity between them is certainly obvious. The childlike ways of Nora contradict the mature and sophisticated ways of Mrs Linde showing the two different levels the women are on compared to the men.

If I were to direct certain parts from Act One I would have Nora wearing basic colours such as grey, white and beige as they are simplistic colours which do not express deep and hidden meanings. These colours are affective as Nora is both basic and simple during the majority of this Act. These colours also link back to the childlike ways of Nora as they are dirty colours and children are known for getting dirty. As Nora has the least power I would position her at constant low levels compared to both Helmer and Mrs Linde. She would be crouching on the floor looking up towards the other characters or sat on a chair while they lean into ...

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Added: 10/26/2013 02:17:32 PM
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