Conversations+in+Act+One

 · What does the conversation reveal about Nora and Torvald or Kristine or Krogstad?  · How does the conversation contribute to plot?  · What motifs and/or themes are addressed in the conversation?  · What is implied by stage directions and speech patterns in the conversation?  · Of what significance are props in the conversations?
 * 1) Select a 2-3 minute segment of a conversation between Nora and Torvald or Kristine or Krogstad.
 * 2) Use the following questions to guide your analysis of that segment of the conversation.

3. Create pages (below) and post ideas. The notes need not be arranged as a formal outline, but they should be organized enough that anyone in class can refer to them. 4. Determine purposes and effects of the conversation segment. They will serve as your topics. 5. Organize a presentation by two group members addressing topics as well as the dialogue, literary features, and dramatic conventions that support them. 6. Prepare a dramatic enactment of the scene by two group members.

NOTE: You will have some time in class to practice analysis and scenes. Presentations should be approximately 7-8 minutes inclusive of acting. Sequence may be: introduction (context, topics), scene, analysis.

Make links here: Group One: Nora and Kristine (158-161) Group Two: Nora and Torvald(147-150) Group Three: Nora and Krogstad Group Four: Nora and Torvald (177-180)

NOTE: Make sure Groups Two and Four are doing different segments from Act One.