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Adh Act 3 Zoom Notes

The document summarizes key points from an online lesson about Act 3 of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. It discusses plot details like Mrs. Linde revealing her past to Krogstad and Nora asserting her independence from Helmer. It also analyzes themes like the importance of reputation to men, how Nora realizes she doesn't truly know herself, and how the ending would have shocked audiences at the time by depicting a woman leaving her family and disobeying her husband.

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Adh Act 3 Zoom Notes

The document summarizes key points from an online lesson about Act 3 of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. It discusses plot details like Mrs. Linde revealing her past to Krogstad and Nora asserting her independence from Helmer. It also analyzes themes like the importance of reputation to men, how Nora realizes she doesn't truly know herself, and how the ending would have shocked audiences at the time by depicting a woman leaving her family and disobeying her husband.

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Leaving Certificate English A Doll’s House Ms.

Jones

25th March 2020: Key points from today’s Zoom

Lesson: Act 3 ADH

Learning Objectives:

1.To understand the plot of Act 3

2. To understand and discuss key observations and their significance

3. Highlight and understand key quotes

4. Understand the theme of identity/ cultural context/social setting in the text

Key points of discussion – these are not in chronological order but you can
piece them together yourself

 Start of scene, Mrs. Linde, anxious unsettled - revelation to Krogstad


reflects social setting/ cultural context, she had no choice but to turn
him down all those years ago because marriage could not be solely based
on love in 1800s Norway. She had to marry for monetary gain to protect
her family
 Helmer's true narcissism and patriarchy comes out, his reputation is
paramount throughout the scene
 Nora asserts herself, she no longer wants to be viewed as a part of
Helmer
 Helmer's love is superficial, and he romanticises the notion of love and
marriage
 The conversation with Mrs. Linde and Krogstad acts as a contrast to the
one between Helmer and Nora that later in the scene, they both
understand each other, Mrs. Linde is fully aware of Krogstad’s true
identity and reputation but still wants them to be together
 We highlighted the importance of reputation to men in particular - honour
etc/ both Krogstad and Helmer (Cultural Context/ Social Setting)
 Mrs. Linde’s wisdom shines through - concerning her approach to Nora,
puts her in a very vulnerable situation but it’s for her own good, she wants
Nora to seek her true self
 Purpose of the letter has changed – originally it was to be used as
Krogstad to blackmail the Helmers but now, Mrs. Linde wants it to be a
catalyst, to force Nora and Helmer to confront the reality of their
superficial marriage
Leaving Certificate English A Doll’s House Ms. Jones

 Identity comes to the force in this act – unlike the other two texts, Nora
only realises at the end that she has been living a lie and doesn’t really
know who she is at all
 "It's your fault that you've made nothing of my life" - Does she mean
Papa, Helmer or men in general? Has her position in society oppressed her
so much that she never learned how to think for herself?
 We discussed the many quotes at the end of the act that demonstrate
that Helmer treats Nora as a possession, a wife and child
 He doesn’t understand her at all and Nora realises that she it no good to
anyone if she cannot care for herself – she has a duty to herself which is
more important than any other duty Helmer lists.
 The miracle is explained on the final page (231) she no longer wants to
live a façade, she wants to experience her reality
 The closing of the door would have been shocking to the audience at the
time - the idea of a woman asserting her independence, leaving her
husband and her children and disobeying her husband (women were to
obey their husbands, just like in Shakespeare’s time) would have been
absurd and offensive. (Try not to read the ending with our current
understanding of society and relationships in mind).

New words:

 obstinate – stubborn

 nullify – cancel

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