Contemplating Nora

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This paper offers an analysis of the play 'A Doll's House' using the criteria from Aristotle, and considering modern thought in the work. It details the criteria set forth in Aristotle's 'Poetics', and answers each element of the philosopher's criteria with examples of adherence or non-conformance. There are seven citations throughout the paper with various opinions of the play, or the theories being discussed.

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"Considered a controversial play by many at its opening in Denmark in 1879, 'A Doll's House', by Henrik Ibsen accomplished what no theatrical work had done prior to its time. It demonstrated the life of a woman who was imprisoned in her marriage, and made to be a living object, rather than a true human being. While many critics have noted that the play could not have followed the criteria set down by Aristotle in 'The Poetics' for tragedies because of its negligence in adhering to logic, it is not this element of the structure that Ibsen ignored in his production."

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