A DOLLS HOUSE CONTEXT AND CRITICS

Question	Answer
Sally Ledger's view of Dr Rank	"Dr Rank symbolises the degeneration of the family."
Context - wedding day	On a woman's wedding day women transitioned from living under the authority of their fathers to their husbands
Context - gender spheres of society	Women and men live in separate spheres of society - men = public sector, working women = private sector, child rearing + housework
Brain Johnston's view on Torvald	"Torvald represents security, authority and patriarchal power."
Ibsen's view on marriage	Believed that wife and husband should not only live together but live as equals, free to be human Humanist
Sophie Duncan - Nora love	"Nora puts love before legality"
Rossetti's school life	Had a mental breakdown and had to leave
Rossetti's job in 1859	Volunteering at St Mary Magdalene's penitentiary for 'fallen women' - rehabilitated prostitutes
Ibsen's childhood	Father faced massive bankruptcy, had to move out of family home
Ibsen's notes for ADH	"A woman cannot be herself in contemporary society"

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