A Doll House
A Doll House Paper: IS NORA RIGHT TO LEAVE TORVALD?
A Doll House Paper: IS NORA RIGHT TO LEAVE TORVALD?
Write Nora a letter explaining your views about her decision 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.
Support your ideas with as much specific detail as you can from the play.
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.
Part 2, by Lucas Hnath
Part 2, by Lucas Hnath
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.
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?