My opinion of the clip of act 1 from “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen is that the director has made their house seem rich; he/she has played it up to more than what it seems like in the play. “A room furnished comfortably and tastefully, but not extravagantly.” In the play the house seems very plain. The way that the actors dressed was accurate to the time setting, which is in the 1800s. Helmer is wearing a three piece suit, and Nora has on a dress from that time. Even though the play was written in Norway, I almost expected the set would be like a house in Norway, but it looks more like a house in England.
I think that Nora didn’t seems so needy like in the play, yes, it shows her “affection” for money, but I don’t think that its up to par. “You might give me money, Torvald. Only as much as you can afford; and then one of these days I will buy something with it….Oh do! dear Torvald; please, please do! Then I will wrap it up in beautiful gilt paper and hang it on the Christmas tree. Wouldn’t that be fun?” in the clip Nora doesn’t seem so desperate and needy for the money. I think that the movie director/producer who ever did portray Nora’s childish aspect very well. She acts like she really is this little thing, “…my little lark…,…my little squirrel….,…my dear little Nora…”
In the clip, Helmer seems more teasing rather than putting her down. It didn’t seem like he worried at all. Helmer portrayed in the movie seemed like nothing compared to how he was portrayed in the play. In the play Helmer is very much in love with Nora and cares deeply about what would happen if he died. He worries much about what her situation would be. “…Suppose, now, that I borrowed fifty pounds to-day, and you spent it all in the Christmas week, and then new year’s Eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and--” With him being worried he wants no debts and then economic worries, so he tries to tell Nora that “But, seriously, Nora, you know what I think about that. No debt, no borrowing. There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.”
Friday, September 19, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
The Accident
In the poem “The Accident”, Erica Funkhouser suggests that life isn’t what it really seems. She suggests this in the way she wrote her poem.
Some may say that the accident was the neighbor’s son getting hit by a van and going to the hospital. What it seems to me is that the neighbor’s son is just an excuse; I think the real accident is the husband’s wife being there that morning. “It was when the neighbor answered ‘yes’ to a question the woman's husband had not yet asked that the woman finally understood. Her husband had not even mentioned eggs, but the neighbor knew he was going to cook for her.” (Ll.20-25) In these lines, there is some evidence that the neighbor and the woman’s husband are having an affair. How did the neighbor even know that the woman’s husband was going to cook for her, unless they have been together and she just accustomed to his cooking. Another piece of evidence that suggests this is that the woman didn’t even know that her husband was going to cook until the neighbor said “yes”.
“At long last he broke the eggs. She had never seen him do it like this before, two-handed. He always liked to show off by breaking the eggs with one hand. This evening his hands were trembling as he cracked the eggs on the skillet's rim, hurrying to slide the whole brimming mess into the pan to quiet the sizzling fat.” (Ll. 39-49) In these lines, it shows how the husband seems nervous, he is not showing off like he usually does to the neighbor; he seems very scared that his wife is there, nervous that she may pick up on something.
Some may say that the accident was the neighbor’s son getting hit by a van and going to the hospital. What it seems to me is that the neighbor’s son is just an excuse; I think the real accident is the husband’s wife being there that morning. “It was when the neighbor answered ‘yes’ to a question the woman's husband had not yet asked that the woman finally understood. Her husband had not even mentioned eggs, but the neighbor knew he was going to cook for her.” (Ll.20-25) In these lines, there is some evidence that the neighbor and the woman’s husband are having an affair. How did the neighbor even know that the woman’s husband was going to cook for her, unless they have been together and she just accustomed to his cooking. Another piece of evidence that suggests this is that the woman didn’t even know that her husband was going to cook until the neighbor said “yes”.
“At long last he broke the eggs. She had never seen him do it like this before, two-handed. He always liked to show off by breaking the eggs with one hand. This evening his hands were trembling as he cracked the eggs on the skillet's rim, hurrying to slide the whole brimming mess into the pan to quiet the sizzling fat.” (Ll. 39-49) In these lines, it shows how the husband seems nervous, he is not showing off like he usually does to the neighbor; he seems very scared that his wife is there, nervous that she may pick up on something.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Response the to "The Accident"
Dear Emilio B
To be honestly I would have never thought of the poem that way. It never occured to me that the neighbor was a mistress or something. It does makes sense though, the title could mean the husband's wife being there, instead of what seems like the obvious the boy being hit by a truck.
To be honestly I would have never thought of the poem that way. It never occured to me that the neighbor was a mistress or something. It does makes sense though, the title could mean the husband's wife being there, instead of what seems like the obvious the boy being hit by a truck.
"The Accident" by Erica Funkhouser
"The Accident"
My theory of the poem is that a boy got hit by a truck and went to the hospital. His mother jus got back from the hospital and went to her neighbor’s house. She was still wearing the same clothes. She seemed very distraught. The neighbor’s husband was making breakfast and he was very nervous “At long last he broke the eggs...into the pan to quiet the sizzling fat.” (Ll. 39-49) from these lines I was thinking that maybe the women’s husband was the driver of the truck that hit the boy. The husband was very nervous and seemed shaken up by something. There is the possibility that he was shaken up by the simple fact that his neighbor’s son got hit by a truck, but the husband being the driver is what first came to mind.
My theory of the poem is that a boy got hit by a truck and went to the hospital. His mother jus got back from the hospital and went to her neighbor’s house. She was still wearing the same clothes. She seemed very distraught. The neighbor’s husband was making breakfast and he was very nervous “At long last he broke the eggs...into the pan to quiet the sizzling fat.” (Ll. 39-49) from these lines I was thinking that maybe the women’s husband was the driver of the truck that hit the boy. The husband was very nervous and seemed shaken up by something. There is the possibility that he was shaken up by the simple fact that his neighbor’s son got hit by a truck, but the husband being the driver is what first came to mind.
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