A Doll's House function of characters
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- A Doll's House Characters
- Function: Dr. Rank
- Act 1: Gives info Krog - morally censorious
- Fitting champion for Torvald
- Interrupts Torvald - attempting persuade Nora go bed with him
- Serves as confidant to Torvald (mainly offstage) - Nora (on stage)
- Know more about Nora than husband
- Linked to them of heredity - inherited symptoms of syphilis from father.
- Nora inherited fathers qualities - spendthrift, dishonest.
- Linked to them of heredity - inherited symptoms of syphilis from father.
- Norwegian name = erect, straight, upright.
- Act 1: Gives info Krog - morally censorious
- Function: Mrs Linde
- Give audience background details - conversations Nora
- Confidant to Nora
- Foil to Nora - Leaves her marriage seek to find herself - seek marriage to anchor myself
- Confidant to Nora
- Contributes to the theme of illusion vs relaity
- Affect the audience: sympathy BEGINNING - shock & anger END
- Mouthpiece for the playwright
- Had to leave her husband - marry rich man
- Condemning Nora's 'sham' marriage - voice Ibsen's views on freedom
- Actions influence play indirectly - Krog X take back letter
- Indirectly catalyst for events - reunting with Krog - giving him new outlook on life.
- Cause him to return IOU
- Indirectly catalyst for events - reunting with Krog - giving him new outlook on life.
- Contribute to themes: self sacrifice -duty/freedom - relationship between men and women - dependency - change
- Give audience background details - conversations Nora
- Function: Krogstad
- Action One:
- Persistent questioning Nora
- Patronising & intimidating attitude towards Nora
- Interrogation tactics - almost - lawyer cross examining witness
- Contemptuous attitude towards Torvald
- Revelation that he knows Nora is in his power
- Use of props or costume
- Persistent questioning Nora
- Action One:
- Function: Dr. Rank
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