A Dolls house Language Essay

Ever since reading the text in my experience time I have, in some of my past lessons been discussing, acting and re-reading parts of the tactics as healthy as researching many other aspects to the play. By doing this I discovered things comparable the play was firstly written in Norwegian and then translated into many languages along with many more complex things. Back in lessons I was doing tasks that specifically looked at the language in the play.For example before rein acting a scene from the play the whole class gathitherd in a circle to do a warm up exercise which evolved around the line What did you do to die today at a minute or two to two, a thing distinctly hard to say but a harder thing to do. I had to say this line in many different accents and characters including a posh upper class character like Nora and Torvold Helmer from the play. The language used in the play not only creates the feel of the nineteenth century but it also reflects the way the characters be.It does this as the 19th century old English is very formal showing there middle to higher(prenominal) class and well educated. The language also shows the society that the characters live in and is significant as it reveals their inner thoughts, feelings relationships and situations. In one particular part of the play Torvold says You cant deny it, little Nora now can you? Its a sweet little songbird but it gets through a dire amount of money you wouldnt believe how much it costs a man when hes got a little songbird like youThis quite an poetic and metaphoric line compares Nora to a songbird which is petit and shows she can be sweet, innocent and chirpy. It also echos how Torvold belittles Nora and treats her like a child, which in them old age was the done thing men overpowering women and ascertainling the relationship in addition to this it perhaps shows how he has a fatherly figure and likes to take control over situations. Although in saying that Nora is or should I say acts r ather childlike and naive herself but at the same time is manipulative, flirtatious and fraud as it proves on the opening line of the playHide that Christmas tree away, Helen. The children mustnt see it before Ive decorated it this evening As well as giving the audience a rough date and establishing shot it shows how Nora seems just as excited ab bulge out Christmas as the children do. In most houses the children would be helping to set up the Christmas tree but not in the Helmer household Nora is setting up the tree and rather excited about it too. in that location is some reference to poetry in the text although it is not the rhyming type, its more a usage of poetic words being exchanged. like in the first quote I made there are countless uses of words like songbird and squirrel being used to describe Nora as well as Torvold (in some parts of the play). There is another quote in Act 1 on page 25 where Nora has just bypast out and bought some new things for the family, which Tor vold is unhappy about as she has spent so much money which makes Nora unhappy too, it says Now, now My little songbird mustnt droop her wings. Whats this? Is little squirrel sulking? (takes out his purse) Nora guess what Ive got hereThis quote to me shows how he just keeps Nora sweet but does not go out of his reach to keep her happy. Also the use of poetic words is very creative and wise it is saying to Nora do not loose hope or become sad. But it says this in a metaphoric way as Nora does not really have wings but a songbird does and this is what Nora is a lot compared to by Torvold. The majority of the speech used throughout the play is natural from all of the characters as the play itself is done rather realistically and flows well.There are very rare if any uses of Brectian techniques to break any language or any part of the play up for example there are no placards to make a particular line stand out, this is probably as each line is just as important as the one before. fift y-fifty though there is reference to use of poetic language I think it gives the play even more of a realistic effect as people do have little pet names for there husband and wife. In addition to this Henrik Ibsen goes that step further and creates for each character there own realm of speech as a quote from the Methuen Student notes verifiesIbsen creates for each character a habit of speech appropriate to his or her own class and personality With Torvold he is spoken with a rather fatherly/paternal type of speech, Krogstad he always reflects to his training as a lawyer, Mrs Linde speaks influence and could appear a bit bitter and cold, Nora is excitable but finds resolve at the end of the play and Dr Rank speaks in riddles and fondness of using figures of speech. over all this coursework has made me realise how important the lines actually are in a play and how important it is to deliver them correctly. As well as trunk when delivering the lines in a certain way the character mus t keep delivering them in that way. I personally believe that this may enhance my skills as a yr 12 drama student.