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Foreshadowing In A Doll's House By Henry Ibsen

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How the Authors and Readers Create Meaning From the Text The authors of these literary selections were very creative at getting the readers to create meaning from the texts. For instance, Henry Ibsen made use of imagery, imagination, foreshadowing, and several other literary devices in “A Doll’s House.” The use of themes, motifs, and symbolism in this play has already been discussed. In literature, foreshadowing gives the audience a hint of what will happen later while imagery is a way for authors to use vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work (Barnet, et al, 2014). In this play, Nora’s eating of macaroons against Torvald’s wishes foreshadows her later rebellion against him. Imagery is apparent from the beginning of the play in the stage direction. For example, one passage describing the scene reads, “Near the window are a round table, arm-chairs and a small sofa. In the right-hand wall, at the farther end, another door; and on the same side, nearer the footlights, a stove, two easy chairs and a rocking-chair; between the stove and the door, a small table” (Ibsen, 1879/2014, p. 769). From this description, the …show more content…

But when we look at literature, most people can relate in one way or another. For example the play “A Doll’s House” has quite a few different characters in it. Most of the women in this play are sacrificing what they really want to make others happy and most of the men in this play are demanding the women do certain things (Ibsen, 1879/2014). For women, this can be easy to relate too. However, men can also relate to this through personal experiences. Whether it is relating to the women’s as sacrifice for others, or it be as the men in the story as looking down on women. There are many personal experiences that you can use to personally relate to this

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