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After watching Act Three and the final scene between Nora and Torvald, my response to the characters has changed. I do not agree with Torvald's words and actions as he is more sexist and views Nora as a helpless child rather than the grown woman she really is. Reading the play, Torvald's sexism only seemed subtle and as if he wasn't sure of his words, but in the production he was very confident in his words and made Nora out as someone who could do nothing on her own and who would always be dependent on him.
Nora had good reason to leave Torvald and her home -- to leave her current lifestyle of the woman being under the man, less than the man. Torvald saw Nora as less than who she really was and what she was capable of, but that was also how women were viewed at that time. After watching the performance of the play I am more sympathetic towards Nora and her decision to leave. I feel she needed to leave for her own dignity and for the sake of her family to get out of the cycle of the woman being seen as less than the man in the house. I enjoyed reading the play more than watching it, but I think watching the play being performed gave me new insights and a different perspective of the play.
i have to agree with you that watching the play Torvald did really say his words to Nora versus reading it seemed like he had just kept them to himself. I also agree that Nora did need to leave that household to represent that women can do things on their own, even if they don't believe they can.
ReplyDeleteI agree very strongly with you that the director interpreted Torvald's character as more harsh than he may have been on paper. Yea I thought he could possibly have been a good man too who had faults he wasn't aware were faults. I think part of what may have contributed to his unawareness may have been that those sexist beliefs weren't challenged by anyone in his life and he ignorantly thought they were okay because others allowed them. It seems the problem is he never questioned them, which he should have, and that carelessness leads to problems for him. But I think the difference is if he ultimately recognizes that they're wrong that may be enough for Nora to give him a second chance; but by cutting off contact that isn't exactly a possibility for him. In the play he seems confident in his ways though, opposed to how I read it. I totally agree more sympathy is owed to Nora in the live version. I enjoyed reading it more as well. I feel maybe she should've taken the children herself, or found some other alternative to leaving them behind, because now they will be raised by the tyrant she rebuked. Great insights dude!
ReplyDeleteI felt the same way about the how the movie interpreted Torvalds words/actions. I got the impression that he was more polite and kept his words to himself unlike the movie in which made him almost look like a pig
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