Tuesday, March 25, 2014

     Wow we just finished a Doll's House play with the test and now it is time to write the last Blog post of English Two. This is my continuation of the play. Welcome to Act four.

     Nora jumps in the car and speeds off. She never looks back, but she can hear Torvald screaming at the door comeback comeback. (Torvald is standing on the porch crying hysterically and waving his hands for Nora to comeback.)  Nora knows she made the right decision to leave because Torvald was a hypocrite. He was acting incompetent to Nora. Nora decided to head to Mrs. Linde's house for the night. When Nora arrived she saw Mrs. Linde and Krogstad  playing dominos. Nora explained to them what happened at the house and they looked very surprised. Nora thanked Krogstad for sending the document back and for sending the letter because it made her realize that she doesn't love Torvald.

      The next morning Nora left and signed up for law school. She wanted to become a very important lawyer and go back and get the kids to live happy ever after with them in their new home. She was very happy because she did not feel like a child anymore. She was independent.  She became a very famous lawyer and never spoke to Torvald again. THE END!!! (Torvald sitting in a chair looking out the window by himself.)

Thursday, March 20, 2014

     Thank God, Act Two is over. One more to go. The best part of the play is always the last Act. Nora is still acting a little like a child. She is acting sneaky, and a little anxious in Act Two. Nora acts like Torvald will do anything for her when Nora says this to Mrs. Linde"Yes, that's quite right Kristina. You see, Torvald's so incredibly fond of me that he wants to keep me all to himself as he says". (Ibsen, pg 184). Sometimes Nora takes advantage of Torvald's feelings towards her. She tries to persuade him to keep Krogstad at the bank to help herself. She starts to feel a little anxious about the letter that Krogstad sent to her. It was excruciating to Nora because she didn't want Torvald to find that letter because it would make her disreputable.

      Nora knew that Dr. Rank loved her, and she was going to try and ask him for the money. Mrs. Linde seemed concerned with Nora because Nora looked like something was wrong. Mrs. Linde said to Nora "Don't pretend, Nora. Do you think I don't know whom you barrowed twelve hundred dollars from?" (Ibsen pg 185). Nora was acting sneaky when she lied to Torvald saying that she wanted to practice the tarantella dance instead of reading the mail so he wouldn't see the letter. I'm looking forward to act three because I think Torvald is going to find out about the letter.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

     Nora is a main character. She seems like a selfish person sometimes. She can be a little frivolous when it comes to money. She is always bragging about the money her husband makes. Sometimes she lies because she vehemently denies to her husband that she ate the macaroons.
     Torvald acts like he is in charge of Nora. He is concerned with how she looks. He doesn't like to waste money or have any debt. He calls his wife pet names like, "Is that my little skylark tweeting like a squirrel". Sometimes Torvald doesn't take Nora seriously. He calls her "My sweet little Nora" because she acts like a child sometimes.
     Mrs. Linde is a widow and Nora's old friend. Mrs. Linde doesn't have much money because when her husband died he didn't leave any money for her. She had a hard life. Nora was selfish and inconsiderate because she kept on bragging about money to Mrs. Linde. Nora wants Torvald to get Mrs. Linde a job at the bank. Torvald thinks that women should stay home.
     Krogstad is a lawyer but he is a little corrupt for doing some bad things. He gave Nora the money and he knows that Nora forged the signature.
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Saturday, March 1, 2014

Hey this is Jack. I'm a sophomore at BHS. I have English class with Mrs.Santos and Ms. Pettigrew. It"s a pretty cool even though we are all still sleeping because it is first period (haha). My favorite color is blue. I love sports and ps4. My favorite thing about English Class is starting this blogging. I think its going to be fun.

Henirk Ibsen was born in Skien Norway. He was born on march 20th, 1828. He was exiled to Italy, then he went to Germany. One of his most famous plays was called A Doll"s House. There were 5 children in his family. He had to stop school when 15 because his family was poor. Ibsen went back to Norway to the university of Christania. He wrote plays called Brand and another called Peer Gynt. His play caused a lot of debates because it was about a mother and she wasn't happy. Another famous play was Hedda Gabler. Ibsen had a couple of strokes and made him too sick to write. He also wrote many poems. He died on May 23rd 1906.

Maybe the title of the play A Doll's House, is something that the character Nora, is thinking about when she was young and happy because she is not happy in her marriage with here husband. Nora borrowed some money from someone to help her husband. She is trying payback the loan while the husband doesn't know. The symbols are the Christmas tree, which is something nice to look at. New Years Day is a symbol for starting something new in real life.

URL http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dollhouse, and http://www.biography.com/people/henrik-ibsen