the knock at the door...tuesdays post.

why didnt anyone tell me how great this play would be???????

it seems like every post i like a different character,i used to hate nora,shes dumb,pointless,"blonde",and all that.

but now!

nora impressed me.she stood up just as i felt i would.she told helmer exactly what was on her mind.and i'm so blown away with what happened.i feel like what nora said was the change of romantisism to realism.she said to her HUSBAND,not her signifigant other,her HUSBAND the man that was conducting her like a marionette,that SHE did something to support the family,and that SHE had her own belifes different from what har FATHER and her HUSBAND had.these were the men that controlled her,and taught her what to believe with out making her smart enough to undersatnd.SHE stood up to the people who pushed her down and toyed with her all her life and said no.

she even addressed religion!the romantisism era was all about the belief in god in religion for all the things that didn't make sense,but the point came when nora said,lets get real.is this all true?she went from the fantasy to reality.

and the love!the man was alwats in control of the marrige or relationship.he had the right to say,i hate you i love you no more.never the women.it was her job to accept love when it was given, and to live with out it when it wasn't.but nora told helmer.no.after the way you've treated me,i no longer love you.

nora was never happy.even though she had everything to be happy about.but i see how she can be hurt by that fact,she never wanted to be the little song bird that helmer thought of her as.she wanted to be equivilant to helmer.unfortunatly it just wasn't her time.

but i nwas so proud of her and how she gave back all his possesions,and kept only what she had to her name.nothing was given to her.it was waht she had.

now for helmer.helmer just switched his role through the final coversation,he was once hating nora,then accepting her and trying to cover up her mistakes,and finally he began to beg.which is seen as such a womenly thing to do.the man is supposed to be strong,the woman just a little perfect doll.but i love how at the very end.nora almost "wears the pants" and takes off,leaving helmer to cry,and be depressed like a woman should when a man leaves.did helmer deserve this for one moment of anger about something that shouldn't occur?no most likely not,but it happened.nora most likely won't come back.and that is the real story.helmer will be left alone.and he won't win back his little skylark.

pg-100
can we have debates every day?????i loved it.just an open discussion.maybe its me,because i love speaking my mind.but it was so fun and educational.i felt like i did well today,becuase i made points during the lesson(another gold star!!!!=]),and i did have alot to say during todays debate.i had my point, i stuck to it.maybe some of the things i said out loud were "wrong" but i spoke up,and i spoke my mind whether it made sense or not,that was one of the most fun times in any of my classes this year.