A Doll House Paper: IS NORA RIGHT TO LEAVE TORVALD?
Write Nora a letter explaining your views about her decision to leave Torvald.
Describe at least two DIFFERENT reasons you either support or condemn her decision.
Then share your thoughts: what do you hope will happen for her? For Torvald and her? For society as a whole? Are things (like marriage, communication between genders, rights of women) better, worse, or the same 125 years later?
(Do you see the multi-paragraph structure implicit in this prompt?)- introduction
- a reason
- another reason
- your THOUGHTS... on her life, marriage, society, etc.
Should UpstART Theater produce this play at the Wright in 2020? Write a letter to their artistic director (Kate) explaining why this play SHOULD or SHOULD NOT be produced in Ouray.
Maybe you've seen a couple of UpstART productions... (Jericho? Our Town?) ... so you know that we look to present high-quality scripts that get the community talking about important issues.
(Again, perhaps you see how this breaks down into paragraphs:)
- your opinion: should UpstART do this play? Why?
- a discussion how the play is written. What is excellent or lame about its style and presentation?
- a discussion of the issues it brings up. What is the action of the play? To what extent it bring up important questions that Ouray can relate to?
- your recommendation: would you want to see this play produced here? What difference would it make for audiences here?