1. WHY DID NORA THINK SHE LIVED IN A ‘DOLL’S HOUSE’ WITH HER HUSBAND FOR EIGHT YEARS? HOW DID IBSEN MANIPULALTE THE DIALOGUE TO REVEAL THIS SITUATION?
2. HOW DID TORVALD, NORA’S HUSBAND, STIFLE HER EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT?
3. DO YOU FIND THE CHANGE IN NILS KROGSTAD BELIEVABLE IN THIS PLAY?
4. DO YOU THINK NORA’S DECISION TO LEAVE HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN IS AN EFFECTIVE ENDING FOR THIS PLAY? WOULD YOU CHANGE IT?
5. WHAT DO YOU THINK IBSEN’S MESSAGE IS CONCERNING WOMEN AND NINETEENTH CENTURY WESTERN SOCIETY AT THE TIME IT WAS WRITTEN, IN 1879? DO YOU THINK HE WOULD ADVOCATE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT, SAY, JOHN STUART MILL HELD?
6. WHAT CHOICES DID NINETEENTH CENTURY WOMEN HAVE IN DETERMINING A LIFE PATH?
7. HOW DOES NORA COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HER LIFE IS INAUTHENTIC? IS THIS ENDING A REALISTIC ONE FOR THIS PLAY? WHY OR WHY NOT?
