A Doll's House

The movie clip we had to watch was the scene from the play The Doll House by Henrik Ibsen. I learned from the beginning of the clip that the play takes place a long time ago. At the beginning of the movie clip takes place in a field. The reason why they show us this is to provide us with the time era. It is around the late 1800’s. We also learn that it is during the winter because there is a lot of snow on the ground. I know that it is Christmas time because on page 5 of the book, Thorvald says, “Do you think I don’t know what a lot is wanted for house keeping at Christmas time.” We also know that this takes place in the late 1800’s because there are no streets and the way of transportation is by horse ad carriage. That’s how we know the setting of this play.

At the beginning of the movie clip, Torvald is at a table doing work. He is wearing a three piece suit. He has a black suit jacket on, he is wearing a vest, and he has a shirt and tie on under his vest. Torvald looks like he is in his early fifties. He also speaks with and accent and he is very stern. After they show Torvald, his wife Nora walks through the door. She is wearing a purple shirt. She is younger than her husband. She looks like she is in her late 40’s. She has black hair which she had tied in a pony tail.

In my opinion, I think that the author is trying to portray Nora as very money hungry and at some points greedy. We also find out that Nora is a liar. We know this because Nora wasn’t supposed to eat candy, but in page 4 of the book, the narrator says, “Just now. (Puts the bag of macaroons into her pocket and wipes her mouth.” When Nora’s husband came to the door, she acted quickly to hide what she was eating (macaroons) and she made sure she wiped her mouth so Torvald would not see that she had been eating candy. That’s how we know that Nora has no problem lying to her husband.

Now back to the reason why I think she is money hungry. I think that Nora is money hungry by the way she acts in the beginning of the play. On page 4 at the beginning of the play, Torvald walks into the room and asks, “has my little spendthrift been wasting money again.” Nora responds by saying on page 4 “yes, but Torvald, this year we can really let ourselves go a little. This is the Christmas that we have not needed to economize.” Nora says this quote to Torvald. She is trying to tell Torvald that she has spent a lot of money but they are rich so he shouldn’t worry about it. This line not only tells us that Nora is money hungry, it also tells us about the financial status of the family in the play. This line tells us that the family is rich, they have a lot of money.

In my opinion, I also think that Nora is very greedy. I think that she is greedy because on page 5, Torvald is trying to figure out what to bur Nora for Christmas. On page 5 Torvald asks, “but now you tell me you extravagant little person, what would you like for yourself.” At first Nora says she doesn’t want anything by saying on page 5 “For myself, oh I am not sire I want anything.” To be nice, Torvald says “yes, but you must, tell me something reasonable that you would particularly like to have.” Nora responds buy saying “you might give me money.” Instead of saying that she would like something sentimental from Torvald fr christmas, she responds by saying she wants money for Christmas.

In the play “The dolls house” by Henrik Ibsen, Nora and Torvald are getting ready to celebrate Christmas. In my opinion, the author is trying to portray Nora as greedy, and very money hungry. I also think that torvald is a loving husband because he never yells at B=Nora for being obsessed with money. That is how the author is trying to portray Nora in this play.

"Red Shift"
A redshift is a scientific term used for measuring things that cannot be measured. In the poem Red Shift by Ted Berrigan, the term red shift is used to measure the anger in the speakers voice. In this poem, the speaker suggests that he is angry and frustrated that his girlfriend left him. The speaker is also trying to teach us that rejection is not a good thing and it makes people very upset. He proves his point to the readers of this poem by making his tone angrier as he is reading the poem to us. Here is how the author establishes his point.
At the beginning of the poem, the speaker explains where he is. He is describing the setting to us. When the speaker says "The streets look for Allen, Frank, or me, Allen is a movie, Frank disappearing in the air." The speaker is trying to explain how alone he is. He is looking for his friends but they are no where to be found. The speaker is also trying to set the scene for us. He says in the second line that he is in February and in the third line he tells us how it is in the middle of winter. That is how the author is telling us how he is lonely.
In the middle of the poem, the speaker was trying to tell us about the girl he was trying to pick up in 1961. He tells us how he is in "6th and Bowers in 1961." In line 19 through line 24, the speaker says "a boy, seriousl in corduroy car coat, . . . . . not that pretty girl, nineteen, who was going to have to go, careening into middle aged so." The speaker is saying to us how in 1961, he was trying to pick up a 19 year old girl and he was wearing a corduroy coat. When the speaker says, "to burn and burn more fiercely than even she could imagine." The speaker is already starting to express his anger toward having to brake up with his girlfriend.
The end of the poem is where the speaker's anger comes out the most. The speaker says "I came into your life to change it and it did so, and now nothing will ever change that, and thats that." The speaker is speaking angrily about his ex girlfriend. He is telling her how she made a big mistake by breaking up with him. Then in the last couple of sentances, the speaker once again tells the reader how lonely he is. He mentions how he is "alone and crowded." he also restates his anger by saying how "the worlds furious song flows throughhis costume."
In the poem RED SHIFT bu Ted Berrigan, the speaker is trying to explain to the reader how he is very angry about his girlfried brreaking up wit him, and he also is trying to explain to us how miserable and depressed he is. He does this by using a very angry tone. That is how the speaker proves his point to the audience.