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.
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