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About "Skylark" in A Doll's House
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Thank you
Freedom from Domestication
Skylark
Nora
- a bird that represents hope
- hope of a better life during her husband's hardest time
- a bird that
represents inspiration
- "I too have something to be proud of", she has a will to inspire
- ultimate freedom from the household
- a bird that
represents freedom
Ability to Mimic
Skylark
Nora:
- excellent ability
to mimic
- mimics her father's signature
- mimics perfect life of a "doll"
Relation to Music
- mimics the influences of the Nurse and Christine
Skylark
Nora
- Tarantella: Rejection from Helmer allows her to aspire for freedom of self expression
Cryptic Coloration
- acknowledged via strong
singing qualities: used to
detect a threat
- songs emerge from sky
at the first glow of dawn:
awakening
Nora
Skylark
- Awakens from illusion of a perfect house, and sees Helmer as a stranger
- Surface: Seems naive/docile
- Near: more complex identity
- hides her lies to protect herself
- Surface: seems dull
- Near: coloration with earthly
tones creating its
own discrete
"cover"
- struggle for survival
Representation in Literature
Helmer calls Nora a skylark as a means to belittle and constraint her. Ironically the skylark symbolizes awakened freedom, hence it cannot be domesticated.
"Skylark" symbolism in A Doll's House
Group members:
- Representation in Literature
- Cryptic Coloration
- Relation to Music
- Ability to Mimic
- Freedom from Domestication
Wanqin Yin
Mahnoor Mahnoor
Liang Ni
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