Theme of Love in Ibsen and Rossetti


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  • Love in Ibsen and Rossetti
    • Prison
      • Nora's reborn after she leaves Torvald
        • realises she's been a "doll wife"
      • Twice
        • P.V is rejected and instead turns to God and her life becomes more positive
      • Soeur Louise
        • goes to a nunnery- to release herself from the pain of the affair
          • "my rose of life gone all prickly"
      • No Thank You John
        • The P.V. would rather remain alone than be in love
          • "Here's friendship for you if you like; but love, No, thank you, John."
    • Paradise
      • A Birthday
        • celebration of romantic love
        • "my love has come to me"
      • Honeymoon period at the start of ADH
        • use of nicknames: "skylark", "squirrel"
    • Negative Aspects of Love
      • Dr Rank has an unrequited love for Nora
        • "Nora- do you think he is the only one who would gladly lay his life down for you?"
          • "this was really horrid of you."
      • Krogstad expresses the pain he felt when Christine rejected him
        • "When I lost you, it was just as though all solid ground had been swept from under my feet."
      • Maude Clare was passed over for Nell but Nell doesn't have Thomas' love
      • Twice
        • P.V is rejected
        • "you took my heart in your hand... with a critical eye you scanned, then set it down"
      • Soeur Louise
        • heartbroken- replaced by a younger woman
      • Christine married someone for financial security
      • No Thank you John
        • "You know I never loved you, John"
      • Torvald rejects Nora when he finds out about the loan
        • "You have ruined my whole future."
      • Nora leaves Torvald and hands him back his ring
        • "You have never loved me. You just tgought it was fun to be in love with me."
      • Nora believes she has to keep looking young or would be replaced
    • Familial Love
      • Goblin Market
        • Lizzie sacrifices herself to protect and save Laura
          • "would tell them how her sister stood in deadly peril to do her good"
      • Nora and her kids
        • "Corrupt my little children! Poison my home! It couldn't be true!"
      • Krogstad attempts to become a better person for the sake of his kids
      • Nora sacrifices seeing her father again in order to save Torvald
    • Ibsen
      • mother in law was a prominent feminist figure
      • moddled on Laura Kieler who borrowed money to save her husband
      • middle class women are the target audience- would appeal to them
        • CONTEXT
          • Ibsen
            • mother in law was a prominent feminist figure
            • moddled on Laura Kieler who borrowed money to save her husband
            • middle class women are the target audience- would appeal to them
              • CONTEXT
      • Ibsen Critics
        • "Ibsen meant [Nora] to be Everyman."- Adams
        • "it is this young woman's duty to leave this husband who slowly sacrifices her on the altar of his egotism."
        • Ibsen taught Europe... to look at marriage... as an unequal partnership." Biinion

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