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If that's all you got out of this play, that's not the only reason you flunked

Dale - just because my teacher liked to read into things doesn't mean he's right.

For the record, I got a B+, in part because I used my paper to explain just how stupid I found the play. It's all about interpretation, Dale. It's subjective. Thanks for playing.

Quite right, Chelsea. He's not necessarily right. But do me a favor. Read this again some time. Has to be better than one star

good grief... you are clearly under 20 and not lived enough of life to understand its delicate simplicity. Did you even take into account how powerful it was for women considering the DATE it was written. Although I too do not see how the cloak indicates guilt!

"you are clearly under 20 and not lived enough of life to understand its delicate simplicity"

Using age as an excuse to be condescending is never charming.

You have to consider the time and culture. This play would have been shocking to the people of the time.

I don't buy into the cloak theory either. In fact, I don't buy into the suicide theory either. It doesn't make sense for a woman who has clearly just stated she wants to find her place in the world to go off and kill herself before she accomplishes that.

I don't buy into the cloak theory either. In fact, I don't buy into the suicide theory either. It doesn't make sense for a woman who has clearly just stated she wants to find her place in the world to go off and kill herself before she accomplishes that.

Why the hell would Nora want to kill herself? That literally defeats the whole message of the play!

i don't know where they get the suicide theory from! I mean she goes off on this whole speech where she says that they have done her wrong and she needs to work things out for herself, everything from religion to marriage and politics. Would a woman who's just stated all the things she plans to learn about and do before she and torvald can possible consider 'the most wonderful thing of all' really go off and kill herself. love your comment by the way it made me chuckle, hate teachers like that!

Next time, why don't you try reviewing the work itself instead of your teacher's interpretation of it?

Reuben-Let the girl vent. Damn. I had a very difficult time with literature in school as there was a correct answer to everything.

The girl did vent, and I pointed out that her venting was inappropriate for this forum. Perhaps you should practice what you preach and let me vent as I please...

Allow me to rephrase. Thank you Summer for your review! I have often felt that professors tend to destroy a student's love for literature. I agree with your point about the ending and always felt that what happens to her after the play is could go in many directions! Keep reading for your own enjoyment!

You should probably go ahead and delete this review; it's so misinformed that it is making me physically ill... and don't get me started on the commenters...

I think some people on this thread need to go back and reread Act III; you're misremembering the order of events.

Nora states that it was her intention to commit suicide to protect her husband when she thought it was Krogstad's intent to expose the forgery. Mrs. Linde, wanting her friend to come clean about the borrowing to her husband and knowing she won't do it unless forced convinces Krogstad to leave his letter in the mailbox but send along a note saying that he's changed his mind. Torvald gets the letter and blows up at Nora (stopping her from leaving because he's shouting at her), then the note is delivered and - with the knowledge that the forgery will not exposed and his reputation is safe - gets all lovey-dovey again. Only after that do the two have the first real conversation of their marriage and Nora chooses to a make a different serious life choice (leaving instead of suicide).

In this case, the sequence of events makes all the difference.

Chelsea, I hope you give the play another try. Your teacher sounds like a twit, but Ibsen was not. If it counts for anything, no one in my group thought she was off to commit suicide. She actually states in the play that it was something she considered earlier, but had reconsidered. I believe she sets out to do exactly what she says to her husband: to educate herself. This follows the play, and Ibsen's anarchistic beliefs, that the individual is most important. I will also posit that this is not a feminist play, which probably also goes against what your teacher said. Nora is essentially still a child. She sets out to fully realise her self, to become a full person. Only then can she truly give of herself and be in love. She states this pretty clearly at the end. Anyway, some times it pays to go back and read these things later in life.

I loved your review! It brought me back to my college days when a professor of mine insisted that a bird described in a poem we were studying (Wordsworth, I think) was dead, despite absolutely no proof. It still annoys me 30 years later. 馃槤