In A Doll's House author Henrik Ibsen uses fazade to portray his characters as being shallower than what they truly are; this allowed him to give the characters Nora and Krogstad depth toward the dénouement. ... Henrik Ibsen created a fazade around two of his central characters that imposed ideas and emotions into the audience's mind. ... Another example of Ibsen's use of fazade is exhibited through the heroine, Nora. Here, Ibsen presents the audience with the stereotypical housewife of Victorian times. ... Ibsen chooses to show his main characters in a negative para...

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Henrik Ibsen's play entitled A Doll's House is very similar to Euripides play Medea. ... Some of her very important qualities are also seen in Ibsen's main character Nora. ... (Ibsen p. 943) Nora uses a similar tactic as Medea to obtain what she wants. ... Linde in Ibsen's play. ... (Ibsen p. 924) Further evidence to support that Ibsen modeled his play after Medea would be the endings of the two plays. ...

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• Grade Level: High School