A DOLLS HOUSE

THE SHOCK OF THE NEW

• ends with woman slamming door
• shocked 1879 audience 
• why?due to sort of woman she was-middle class housewife, juxtaposes with type of woman dramatists would usually put on stage 
• more naturalistic 
• being encouraged to side with a woman who throws away everything she has been taught about being a wife 
• FIRST PRINT OF PLAY SOLD OUT BEFORE OPENENED IN COPENHAGEN  1897 
• ALOT OF ARGUAMNETS ABOUT NORA IN SCANDINAVIA 

NATURALISM-A NEW ROLE

• toward end 19th cent=alot dissatisfaction with existsing theatre conventions 
• acting contrived…