THTRFLM 1T03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: George Bernard Shaw, Clement Scott, Peripeteia
12 Apr 2014
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Conflicting contemporary views: clement scott, george bernard shaw: And so nora goes out, delivers up her wedding ring without a sigh, quits her children without a kiss, and bangs the door! It would be a miracle if he could ever live again with such an unnatural creature . Nora"s revolt is the end of a chapter of human history. Ibsen attempts to use conventions of social realism to promote the latter understanding. Causal narrative & social critique: the climactic moment is also an anagnorisis (a moment of recognition/discovery). She realizes that dominant ideologies don"t match the realities of her situation. Subtext & complex characters: the causes/motivations for nora"s exit at the end are revealed to the audience through the creation of context, ex. Nora behaves like a child, but we"re cued to question her behavior. Awareness of the difference between what is said and what is meant leads to understanding of the complex motivations behind human behavior.
