ASSIGNMENT | Applying Critical Approaches to Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House

Discussion Forum #3–Applying Critical Approaches to Ibsen\’s play A Doll\’s House
The last major concepts relevant to understanding literature will be introduced in this forum. We will tie it to our discussion of Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House.
Please read through the power point presentation Critical Perspectives in Literature.
You may also find it useful to read Appendix 1 Critical Approaches for a more expanded discussion of the critical perspectives.
Use ONE of the critical perspectives used to approach literature to answer the prompt below. Be sure to specifically name the critical perspective you are using as the lens to interpret A Doll\’s House. You should also use a minimum of two separate quoted passages or lines from the play to support your view. Remember to use quotation marks around the specific lines and afterwards identify its location in this way: (Act___, Scene____, Line___).
Here\’s the prompt:
Ibsen\’s play A Doll\’s House inspired furious denunciation by its enemies and spirited defense by its admirers. Many people read it in a printed version, even when they did not see it on the stage. In the 1880\’s and 1890\’s, this play contributed to the heady intellectual debates that was calling many conventional middle-class assumptions into question. The play, essentially, relates a variety of ideological cross-currents of its time period.
What are your first impression of Nora\’s personality or of Torvald\’s personality? Or their relationship? How does each character\’s personality change throughout the action of the play? Why does Nora leave Torvald and her children? Is she justified in her decision? Is Torvald justified in how he treats Nora? Is he justified in his decision?
Be clear about which character (Nora or Torvald) you are focusing on.
book: the Norton introduction to literature
Author: Kelly J. Mays. shorter 13th edition

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Critical Analysis of Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House
The best approach in Henrik Ibsen’s novel is a psychological criticism of the characters. The author is strategic to introduce a character using an emotional response to describe personality, attitude, and physical aspects when one appears in the story. Ibsen creates a character by describing how others react to the new character. Applying personal emotions and experiences mislead the audience on the first impression of a character. For example, Nora appears as a mother figure, while Torvald is introduced as…