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It is regarded as a deep and emotional play, due to Ibsen's portrayal of an anti-heroine. [10] Ibsen was interested in the then-embryonic science of mental illness and had a poor understanding of it by present-day standards. His Ghosts is another example of this. Examples of the troubled 19th-century female might include oppressed, but "normal ...
A Doll's House (Danish and Bokmål: Et dukkehjem; also translated as A Doll House) is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.It premiered at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. [1]
Henrik Johan Ibsen (/ ˈ ɪ b s ən /; [1] Norwegian: [ˈhɛ̀nrɪk ˈɪ̀psn̩]; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director.Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama."
"What Happens After Nora Leaves Home?" is a speech given by Chinese writer Lu Xun at Beijing Women's Normal College in 1923. In his speech, Lu Xun evaluated the ending of A Doll's House by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, where the heroine Nora leaves home to search for her selfhood.
A Doll's House is a 1973 drama film directed by Joseph Losey, based on the 1879 play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen.It stars Jane Fonda in the role of Nora Helmer and David Warner as her domineering husband, Torvald.
Ibsen felt similarly, wishing that he had continued writing poetry after Peer Gynt. [11] Irena's outfit is also a reference to one worn by Laura Kieler in her last visit to Ibsen. The author was the basis for A Doll's House , and she resented Ibsen using her life in his work, just as Irena feels violated by Rubek.
The Lady from the Sea (Norwegian: Fruen fra havet) is a play written in 1888 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen inspired by the ballad Agnete og Havmanden. [1] The drama introduces the character of Hilde Wangel who is again portrayed in Ibsen's later play The Master Builder.
Swanhild, a character in Henrik Ibsen's play Love's Comedy (1862) Swanilda/Swanhilde, the heroine of the ballet Coppélia (1870) Swanhild, a character in H. Rider Haggard's book Eric Brighteyes (1890) Swanhilde, a character in César Franck's opera Hulda (1894)