1. What topic will you explore? Compare Torvald Helmer and Nils Krogstad. How are they both similar and different, and how do their narrative arcs intersect?
a) Both men see Nora as someone to use to personal advantage.
b) A chance for love, that was once lost, changes the heart of Nils.
c) Nils’ change of heart is nothing more than an opportunity to try to continue the appearance of a happy home for Torvald.
d) Kristine finds hope and possibility in a future with Nils, but Nora has no hope in a dishonest future with Torvald.
2. List three moments or scenes in the play that would be relevant to developing your topic.
a) In Act I (1743-1744), Krogstad informs Nora that her forgery of her father’s name is a fraud against Krogstad and threatens to expose her to Torvald.
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The future immediately is one of hope for both Kristine and Nils.
c) In Act III (1770-1772), Torvald receives the letter from Krogstad, which states his chance of heart. Torvald now thinks that the Helmer marriage can keep up the same act or appearance, but Nora will not continue the “playtime” (1772) anymore.
3. List four quotations from the play that would help support your topic. For each quotation, identify the speaker, the addressee(s), and the Act and scene.
a) In Act I, Krogstad is blackmailing Nora and reminds her that both of them are guilty of forgery due to this “kind of business we two are mixed up in”
a) Both men see Nora as someone to use to personal advantage.
b) A chance for love, that was once lost, changes the heart of Nils.
c) Nils’ change of heart is nothing more than an opportunity to try to continue the appearance of a happy home for Torvald.
d) Kristine finds hope and possibility in a future with Nils, but Nora has no hope in a dishonest future with Torvald.
2. List three moments or scenes in the play that would be relevant to developing your topic.
a) In Act I (1743-1744), Krogstad informs Nora that her forgery of her father’s name is a fraud against Krogstad and threatens to expose her to Torvald.
b) …show more content…
The future immediately is one of hope for both Kristine and Nils.
c) In Act III (1770-1772), Torvald receives the letter from Krogstad, which states his chance of heart. Torvald now thinks that the Helmer marriage can keep up the same act or appearance, but Nora will not continue the “playtime” (1772) anymore.
3. List four quotations from the play that would help support your topic. For each quotation, identify the speaker, the addressee(s), and the Act and scene.
a) In Act I, Krogstad is blackmailing Nora and reminds her that both of them are guilty of forgery due to this “kind of business we two are mixed up in”