An excerpt.

1. EQUALITY
What is your opinion about it?

2. the quality of being equal;
the quality or state of having
the same rights, social
status, etc.

3. HENRIK IBSEN (1826-1906)
He helped bring about a
revolutionary change in playwriting.
Previously, plays have been romantic and artificial with
little resemblance to the real life of people.
With Ibsen, the drama became a serious and
realistic presentation of the psychological and
social problems of the people.
He attacked the hypocrisy of social conventions
and the selfishness and self-satisfaction of people.

4. A DOLL’S HOUSE
It was written in 1879.
It remains one of Ibsen’s most powerful
plays.
It depicts a woman’s fight for equality and
recognition.

5. CHARACTERS
Torvald Helmer – a lawyer
Nora Helmer – his wife
Krogstad – forges the signature
of Nora’s father

6. DO THIS!DO THAT!
DON’T
DO THIS!
DON’T
DO THAT!
YES
FATHER.
DO THAT! DO THIS!
DON’T
DO THIS!
DON’T
DO THAT!
YES MY
DEAR.

7. WE HAVE TO
GO TO ITALY!
TORVALD BECAME SERIOUSLY ILL…

8. BANK
I WILL FORGE
THE SIGNATURE
OF YOUR FATHER
I NEED TO BORROW
SOME MONEY FOR MY
HUSBAND, WE NEED
TO GO TO ITALY TO
SAVE HIS LIFE…

9. TELL YOUR FATHER I
THANK HIM FOR HIS
GOODNESS.
WE CAN GO TO
ITALY MY DEAR…

10. AN ANGRY KROGSTAD APPROACHES…
TELL YOUR HUSBAND NEVER FIRE ME, OR
ELSE I WILL TELL HIM ABOUT THE SECRET… NO, PLEASE. I WILL,
DON’T WORRY…

11. NO!
NORA TRIES TO CONVINCE TORVALD, BUT IS UNSUCCESSFUL
NO!
I HAVE HAD A CHANGE OF HEART. I
WILL NOT REVEAL THE SECRET TO
THE PUBLIC, BUT…

12. I WILL GIVE HIM A WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF
THE MATTER.
NO! PLEASE DON’T
INVOLVE MY
HUSBAND IN OUR
PROBLEM.
OH NO!

13. OUR MARRIAGE HAS ENDED, BUT WE STILL
HAVE TO BE TOGETHER FOR THE PUBLIC.
Nora feels shamed by the ugliness of the whole
affair, unmindful of the fact that Nora had to do
the “crime” for his sake.
HYPOCRITE!
LIAR!
CRIMINAL!

14. DETERMINING
AUTHOR’S PURPOSE
Any literary work reveals its creator’s motive or purpose for
doing it.
To determine the author’s purpose, do the following…

15. 1. Read the author’s biography.
2. Picture the action and imagine actors
and actresses playing the part.
3. Think about what the characters say.