THEA 1030 1st Edition Lecture 24 Modern Theatre 1875 1945 Realism First modern movement Everything on stage equals everyday life o Verisimilitude Realism is not naturalism Video Watched in Class A Doll s House Characters Act 1 Christmas Eve Nora Hell and Damnation Turvard Nora s husband He s made Nora his pet Refers to Nora by pet names o Squirrel o Little Lark Krogstad Widower Christine Lind Widow Hopelessly futile No one to live for Dr Rank Scene 2 Act 1 Nora Krogstad Krogstad One of Nora s husband s employees Wants Nora to help him keep his job Fired by Turvard Made a mistake o No trial o No more than Nora s forgery Not as bad as others His first step back into society was working for Nora s husband Nora owes him money Nora Owes Krogstad money Forges her father s signature Law is useless Situational Ethics Morality Scene 3 Act 1 Nora Take charge of me Turvard Falling back into the role of being dependent upon her husband Gets Krogstad to take a loan out of the bank for her It was illegal for women to take out loans at this time She broke the law to aid her sick husband Turvard Thinks Krogstad didn t take punishment he didn t take responsibility for his actions his mistake Says Krogstad is corrupting his children by modeling bad morals
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