Appearance vs reality
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- Created on: 27-05-14 12:40
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- Appearance vs Reality
- Individual characters
- Deceptive motives in Nora - pretends ignorance and conforms to norms of society but really seeks independence
- "I aquired the same tastes or I pretended to" - finds it hard to be individualistic in patriarchial society - 19th century Norway women no rights and property of husbands so "aquired tastes! dictated.
- Kate = mentally unstable but has created calculated deception to keep her family. Chris seems happy but isn't
- "[with an undercurrent of observation]" - she's with holding her true nature "[laughing]"// "felt wrong to be alive" - survivors guilt
- Deceptive motives in Nora - pretends ignorance and conforms to norms of society but really seeks independence
- Truth and deception
- N deceives herself about T when he only really cares about appearances
- "miracle", "All we can do is save the bits and pieces from the wreck, preserve appearances" - metaphor of inking ship shows priorities and value of dignity in Norway at this time high.
- Joe truly believes the lie himself. Chris high morals but doesn't turn Joe in
- "you play cards with a man you know he can't be a murderer" - dramatic irony in reality everyone knows "a kind of responisibility man for man" contrast "i suspected my father and did nothing" so played equal part in crimes- people who didn't serve in war didn't understand social responsibility.
- N deceives herself about T when he only really cares about appearances
- Set
- Traditional family 'backyard'
- "open unroofed porch" = illusion of typical American family in reality - "secluded atmospher" not what it seems
- Traditional family 'backyard'
- Props/ Symbols
- Christmas tree
- "the children mustn't see it till... it's decorated" appears though she has authority but inreality she parallels herself as tree and T as children
- Apple tree
- Christmas tree
- Last paragraph
- Alternative ending = the unrealistic ideals of society which don't truthfully represent society in reality
- American dream appears great but in reality people who have it are immoral - frank
- Individual characters
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