a poison tree william blake a comparison and analysis of… a doll’s house a doll’s house henrik...
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A POISON TREE William Blake
A comparison and analysis of…
A DOLL’S HOUSEA DOLL’S HOUSE Henrik Ibsen
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“From this moment, happiness is not the question; all that
concerns us is to save the remains, the fragments, the
appearance.”
From Torvald’s speech in Act III from A Doll’s House
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CHARACTERS FROM A DOLL’S HOUSE …and what they represent in ‘A POISON TREE’
Friend…
Foe…
The narrator
Wrath…
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Analysing the titles… metaphor
s
Use of “a…” refers to general
situations
Use of simple words allows reader to guess the content…
- Nora’s words
- Dr Rank’s words
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“I have existed merely to perform tricks for you, Torvald. But you wanted it like that. You and father have committed a great sin against me. It is your fault that I have made nothing of my life…our home has been nothing but a playroom. I have been your doll-wife, just as ay home I was father’s doll-child; and here the children have been my dolls.”
A Doll’s House ACT III – Nora’s
speech
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“At the next fancy-dress ball I shall be invisible…there is a big black hat – have you never heard of hats that make you invisible? If you put one on, no one can see you.”
A Doll’s House ACT III – Dr.Rank’s
speech
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THEMES…
• Unreliability of appearances
• Sacrificial role of women
• Definition of freedom
• Deception
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A Poison Tree
-threat posed by Krogstad’s revelations
- poison of deception and hypocrisy that characterises the Helmer marriage
Represents the wrath (the blackmailing) that grows over time.
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A POISON TREE…By William Blake
I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe;
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
Nora’s perception
Torvald or stereotypical female
Symbolises Krogstad blackmailing Nora due to the loan
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And I watered it in fears,
Night and morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with my smiles
And with soft deceitful wiles.
Nora’s fear of Torvald finding out about the loan
…could be Nora’s playing the role of a wife i.e. doing whatever Torvald wanted her to do
…links to the theme deception
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And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright;
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine.
Personification
Represents Nora’s relationship with Torvald
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And into my garden stole
When the night had veiled the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
-Light
- new beginning
-stereotypical portrayal of females
- Torvald
…suggests that Nora is now “free”
Krogstad or the foe “stole” all of Nora’s happiness
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Free. To be free, absolutely free. To spend time playing with the children. To have a clean, beautiful house, the way Torvald likes it.
A DOLL’S HOUSE – ACT I – Nora’s speech