Compare And Contrast A Doll's House

Comparing and contrasting a film by Joseph Losey’s 1973 "A Doll's House" and the written version of a play by Henrik Ibsen from which it is based may provide a lot of food for thoughts, presuming that both encloses uniqueness and different ways of representing and visualizing characters life and the gender roles in 19th century. Nonetheless, given that writers have no limitations unlike movie directors, whenever a piece of writing, such as the play "A Doll's House" makes it available for the viewer there need for comparative analysis takes place. The idea is to analyze how the play compares to the film version, while trying to find similarities and differences. One of the most captivating theme to discuss is the gender roles which brought up by Ibsen. It is intriguing to follow how the director and the author conceived the plot and visualized the character’s life. The first scene immediately catches attention by highlighting the fact that men assume the role of providers within any given familiar settings. The plot takes place in 19th century where men take main responsibility of …show more content…
The literature and film are totally different ways of delivering narratives. There is the difference between settings, words used and the way the character presented in the movie could meet a disagreement with imagination of the reader. Movie design to depict the most important scenes, emotions and the mood of the writing, because every written word cannot be sent to the screen. Ibsen’s version is deep and complete, it is obviously preferable for people who enjoy reading. The gender relationships are masterfully described by Ibsen, giving a clear concept of mail superiority. Nevertheless, the Losey’s version is definitely points out and brings up all the significant parts of written version of the