Finish Othello
Discuss Feminist Criticism
Read: A Doll’s House, to the end, pp. 215-249 (roughly thirty minutes)
Read: Trifles, by Susan Glaspell (short—about thirty minutes)
Write: a graded essay on your choice of ONE of the following questions:
1. How does Marxist criticism illuminate one significant aspect of A Doll’s House?
2. Compare Nora’s rebellion to Desdemona’s lack of one. What’s a single, significant difference between the
two women?
3. Like Marxist criticism, gender criticism argues that sexism/the patriarchy is instantiated into (embedded within and passed down as “normal”) a culture. How does Ibsen demonstrate such instantiation in this play, in particular regarding themes of parents/children?
4. Why is Torvald so dense about his wife’s true nature? Is he a moron? A monster? What?
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