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bobbie

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Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark is an example of
 
  A. a cinematic aesthetic applied to the theatre.
  B. achieving dazzling effects on a small budget.
  C. Jacques Copeau's ideas about stage space.
  D. all of the above.

Question 2

How does A Doll's House exploit and subvert the well-made structure? What is the effect?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

A Doll's House follows a climatic structure and uses many of the devices of the well-made play until its final scenes in which Ibsen subverts the structure in order to thwart audience expectations and present a social message. For most of the play, Ibsen uses the climatic structure of the well-made play. For example, in the play, a visit from Nora's old friend Kristina Linde provides an opportunity to present exposition about the Helmers's past. Krogstaad threatens to reveal Nora's forgery, the play's inciting incident. Eventually Krogstaad uses a letter, another device common to well-made plays, to reveal Nora's secret to her husband Torvald, the play's crisis point. When Krogstaad agrees to keep the crime a secret, Torvald forgives Norawhich, in a well-made play, would move the action toward resolution. Instead, Ibsen thwarts audience expectations and has Nora undergo a transformation that leads her to leave her husband and children. By leaving Nora's fate unresolved in the final scene of the play, Ibsen indicts society and its treatment of women.



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