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(5 pp) It is always a mental challenge to
consider how a work of art may reflect its creator.
This classroom prompted discussion will determine
if the setting of The Doll's House reflected the
author's philosophy, attitude or time and place in
which he lived.
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sources. BBibsndh.doc HENRIK IBSEN: THE SETTING OF THE DOLLS HOUSE (1879) Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., April 2001 Introduction It is
always a mental challenge to consider how a work of art may reflect its creator. This classroom prompted discussion will determine if the setting of The Dolls House reflected
the authors philosophy, attitude or time and place in which he lived. Life of the Author (1828-1906) The first years of Ibsens childhood occurred in prosperous times; but when the
police raided the fathers alternative income source - a prosperous still, the condition of the home was rapidly down sized. Father took to drink and abuse; mother sought solace
in religion. In difficult times, children did the best they could with what they had. However we will see an overbearing husband, and a submissive wife appear
in Ibsens plays ( Brand, A Dolls House, and Ghosts. The bitter character of Hjalmar Ekdal in The Wild Duck was based on Ibsens father). We may not see
the same manners of behavior that he experienced as a child, but we will see the same attitudes One of the ways that has been recorded, that Ibsen amused
himself as child was to give puppet performances, for his siblings as well as for other children in the town. Think of how a puppeteer has the ability to
dominate the whole performance, and certainly things get done the way that the puppeteer things they should be done, not the characters in the play themselves. We have even
kept the actions of the puppeteer in our own language - if someone upsets us, we may use a "puppet" variant -he really yanked by cord-or string - or chain.
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