Monday, May 4, 2009

Doll's House Reading and Test

If you have missed reading part of Ibsen's play, you may read the missed sections online. Click here to access a website will the full text of the play.

The 25-question multiple choice exam on A Doll's House will be Friday, May15. Students doing May Term need to take this exam as the last assignment for their fourth quarter grade.

Henrik Ibsen



  • Born in Skein, Norway

  • Lived his early life in poverty, stung by social rejection.

  • Hired as a playwright by the National Theater in Bergen.

  • Left Norway in 1862, starting a 27-year self-imposed exile. During this time he wrote his finest plays.

  • "A literary pioneer who created the modern, realistic prose drama.”

  • The bold, social commentary in his plays often earned him criticism.

  • “A Doll’s House (1879) aroused controversy because it portrayed a woman whose actions were not considered acceptable at the time.”

  • Ibsen was a revolutionary playwright who provided detailed stage directions that precisely described sets, lighting, props and how actors should interpret their lines.