“Is Torvald Helmer a tyrant or a victim or something else? Is he the play’s antagonist or not? How does Ibsen reveal his traits in the play, where, and why? How does Torvald contribute to Nora’s story? Does he develop and change or not? How does Ibsen intend us to react to him. Make two lists of Torvald’s positive and negative traits. Then locate play passages that illustrate these traits. Is Ibsen using him to comment on marriage or society as well?”. There are five sources that must be used, which include: one from the play itself, one from one of these sources 1. (“Bentley, Eric. “Ibsen: Pro and Con.”)2. (Hemmer, Bjorn. “Freedom, Truth, and Society—Rhetoric and Reality.”)3. (Tysdahl, Bjørn. “Ibsen: The Significance of Swear-Words.”Ibsen Studies.), and the last three sources from any of these 1. (Brooks, Daniel J. “Infection: The Motivating Factor Behind Nora’s Flight in A DOLL HOUSE.”Explicator.)2. (Hartmann, Ellen. “Ibsen’s Motherless Women.”Ibsen Studies.)3. (Shideler, Ross.”Ibsen and the name-of-the-father.”Scandinavian Studies.)4. (Templeton, Joan. “Ibsen’s Feminist Characters.” From “The Doll House Backlash: Criticism, Feminism, and Ibsen.”)5. (Wang, Quan. “Before Marriage, Within Marriage, and After Marriage—Kristine Linde in A DOLL HOUSE.”Explicator.)6. (Witham, Barry, and John Lutterbie. From “A Marxist Approach to A Doll House.”)
