Constellations of characters

1. Constellations of characters 1. Nora - Torvald 2. Mrs. Linden – Krogstad 3. Dr. Rank

2. 1. Nora - Torvald Torvald’s “loathing of debt” (27)

3. 1. Nora - Torvald Torvald’s “loathing of debt” (27) Nora’s industry and frugality

4. 1. Nora - Torvald Torvald’s “loathing of debt” (27) Nora’s industry and frugality Her disregard for creditors

5. Constellations of characters 1. Nora - Torvald 2. Mrs. Linden – Krogstad

6. 2. Mrs. Linden - Krogstad Krogstad’s shady dealings

7. 2. Mrs. Linden - Krogstad Krogstad’s shady dealings Mrs. Linden: “His business is not the most creditable, they say" (32).

8. 2. Mrs. Linden - Krogstad Krogstad’s shady dealings Mrs. Linden: “His business is not the most creditable, they say" (32). Dr. Rank: "a moral incurable" (33).

9. 2. Mrs. Linden - Krogstad Krogstad’s shady dealings Mrs. Linden: “His business is not the most creditable, they say" (32). Dr. Rank: "a moral incurable" (33). Krogstad: "I must try to recover my character" (47).

10. 2. Mrs. Linden - Krogstad Krogstad’s shady dealings Mrs. Linden: “His business is not the most creditable, they say" (32). Dr. Rank: "a moral incurable" (33). Krogstad: "I must try to recover my character" (47). Dr. Rank: “I have been auditioning my life account—bankrupt" (80).

11. 2. Mrs. Linden - Krogstad Mrs. Linden: “I must have work or I can’t bear to live. All my life, as long as I can remember, I have worked; work has been my one great joy.” (115)

12. 2. Mrs. Linden - Krogstad Mrs. Linden: “I must have work” She married for money

13. 2. Mrs. Linden - Krogstad Mrs. Linden: “I must have work” She married for money Because her father left her nothing

14. Constellations of characters 1. Nora - Torvald 2. Mrs. Linden – Krogstad 3. Dr. Rank

15. 3. Dr. Rank Nora: "You see, he suffers from a dreadful illness. He has spinal consumption, poor fellow. They say his father was a horrible man, who kept mistresses and all sorts of things—so the son has been sickly from his childhood, you understand." (67).

16. 3. Dr. Rank Nora: "You see, he suffers from a dreadful illness. He has spinal consumption, poor fellow. They say his father was a horrible man, who kept mistresses and all sorts of things—so the son has been sickly from his childhood, you understand." (67).

17. Inheritance Nora inherited traits from father, who was not “unimpeachable” (Torvald)

18. Inheritance Nora inherited from father, who was not “unimpeachable” (Torvald) He suffered from slander

19. Inheritance Nora inherited from father, who was not “unimpeachable” (Torvald) He suffered from slander Nora might corrupt her children

20. A Doll’s House Feminism

21. A Doll’s House Feminism and bourgeois capitalism

22. A Doll’s House Feminism and bourgeois capitalism Critique of law (wife cannot borrow without her husband’s consent)

23. A Doll’s House Feminism and bourgeois capitalism Critique of law (wife cannot borrow without her husband’s consent) Critique of patriarchal paternalism

24. A Doll’s House Feminism and bourgeois capitalism Critique of law (wife cannot borrow without her husband’s consent) Critique of patriarchal paternalism Cultural consequences of capitalism

25. Dramatic analysis Plot: turning points, revelations, shifts in style

26. Dramatic analysis Plot: turning points, revelations, shifts in style Stage props: Christmas tree, adorned with money

27. Dramatic analysis Plot: turning points, revelations, shifts in style Stage props: Christmas tree, adorned with money Constellations of characters

28. Dramatic analysis Plot: turning points, revelations, shifts in style Stage props: Christmas tree, adorned with money Constellations of characters Literary text and theatrical performance

29. Dramatic analysis Plot: turning points, revelations, shifts in style Stage props: Christmas tree, adorned with money Constellations of characters Literary text and theatrical performance Present action and the past: analytic drama

30. John Gabriel Borkman “old-fashioned, faded splendor”

31. John Gabriel Borkman “old-fashioned, faded splendor” Mrs. Borkman’s easy spending

32. John Gabriel Borkman “old-fashioned, faded splendor” Mrs. Borkman’s easy spending Mr. Borkman’s extravagance

33. And that he himself used to squander, too--ten times more than I did! • ELLA RENTHEIM. [Quietly.] Well, I daresay his position forced him to do that-- to some extent at any rate. • MRS. BORKMAN. [Scornfully.] Yes, it was always the same story--we were to "cut a figure." And he did "cut a figure" to some purpose! He used to drive about with a four-in-hand as if he were a king. And he had people bowing and scraping to him just as to a king. [With a laugh.] And they always called him by his Christian names--all the country over--as if he had been the king himself. "John Gabriel," "John Gabriel," "John Gabriel." Every one knew what a great man "John Gabriel" was!

34. And that he himself used to squander, too--ten times more than I did! • ELLA RENTHEIM. [Quietly.] Well, I daresay his position forced him to do that-- to some extent at any rate. • MRS. BORKMAN. [Scornfully.] Yes, it was always the same story--we were to "cut a figure." And he did "cut a figure" to some purpose! He used to drive about with a four-in-hand as if he were a king. And he had people bowing and scraping to him just as to a king. [With a laugh.] And they always called him by his Christian names--all the country over--as if he had been the king himself. "John Gabriel," "John Gabriel," "John Gabriel." Every one knew what a great man "John Gabriel" was!

35. Character constellation Borkman defrauded: • Clerk

36. Character constellation Borkman defrauded: • Clerk • But not Ella Borkman, who bought estate at auction and who own everything:

37. Character constellation Borkman defrauded: • Clerk - But not Ella Borkman, who bought estate at auction and who own everything: “Very well, Ella; the house is yours---- ELLA RENTHEIM. Oh, nonsense---- MRS. BORKMAN. Everything is yours. The chair I am sitting in is yours. The bed I lie and toss in at night belongs to you. The food we eat comes to us from you.”

38. Character constellation Borkman defrauded: • Clerk - But not Ella Borkman, who bought estate at auction and who now owns everything: “Very well, Ella; the house is yours---- ELLA RENTHEIM. Oh, nonsense---- MRS. BORKMAN. Everything is yours. The chair I am sitting in is yours. The bed I lie and toss in at night belongs to you. The food we eat comes to us from you.”

39. Stage props: chair

40. Stage props: what else does she own? - Piano sent upstairs

41. Ella: “I think I too have a certain claim upon Erhart. Do you think I haven't? MRS. BORKMAN. [Glancing round the room.] No doubt--after all the money you have spent upon him.

42. Ella: “I think I too have a certain claim upon Erhart. Do you think I haven't? MRS. BORKMAN. [Glancing round the room.] No doubt--after all the money you have spent upon him. ELLA RENTHEIM. Oh, not on that account, Gunhild. But because I love him.

43. Character constellation Borkman defrauded: • Clerk - But not Ella Borkman, who bought estate at auction and who own everything: “Very well, Ella; the house is yours---- ELLA RENTHEIM. Oh, nonsense---- MRS. BORKMAN. Everything is yours. The chair I am sitting in is yours. The bed I lie and toss in at night belongs to you. The food we eat comes to us from you.”

44. Character constellation Borkman defrauded: • Clerk • But not Ella Borkman, who bought estate at auction and who own everything: “Very well, Ella; the house is yours---- ELLA RENTHEIM. Oh, nonsense---- MRS. BORKMAN. Everything is yours. The chair I am sitting in is yours. The bed I lie and toss in at night belongs to you. The food we eat comes to us from you.”

45. Mrs. Borkman: “They were only money losses, nothing more.”

46. Ella: “you bartered me! Traded your love to another man! Sold my love for the chairmanship of a bank.” (Act II)

47. Ella: “you bartered me! Traded your love to another man! Sold my love for the chairmanship of a bank.” (Act II) Ella: “The thing you held most precious in the world, you were willing to dispose of at a profit.”

48. Ella: “you bartered me! Traded your love to another man! Sold my love for the chairmanship of a bank.” (Act II) Ella: “The thing you held most precious in the world, you were willing to dispose of at a profit.” Ella: Why, yes, Borkman—when we look at it closely, perhaps it is I who have betrayed you, and stand in your debt.”

49. Ella: “you bartered me! Traded your love to another man! Sold my love for the chairmanship of a bank.” (Act II) Ella: “The thing you held most precious in the world, you were willing to dispose of at a profit.” Ella: Why, yes, Borkman—when we look at it closely, perhaps it is I who have betrayed you, and stand in your debt.” Ella buys Ekhart’s name: “All debts are paid between us, now.”

50. Act II Indoor drama. Drama is always initiated by arrival of new character, often unexpected. Act I: Downstairs room. Mrs. Borkman (Ella intrudes)