Scene Studies

You will select a partner in class with whom to complete a scene study.  Due dates and evaluation information to follow.  This will be the last task before end-tasks.

You will receive your end-tasks soon.  They will include both a performance section and an individual research and report segment.  Because so many of you are in Outdoor Ed, we will make certain the performances are done prior to your canoe trip.  The individual research and report segments will be due just prior to exams.  In total, the end task is worth 30% of the course.

A Doll's House - Assignments Due April 16 and 20

Assignment given in class April 11, 2012:   

Task #1: 

Due:  April 16, 2012 – Period 1 (Order of performance to be determined once scene decisions have been made.) 

Note:  No parodies.  We know you can do that.  Let's go deeper to explore the drama inherent within these situations and characters.

A Doll’s House tends to be static to a contemporary audience.  Our society is used to fast-paced multi-media presentations.  The audience of A Doll’s House would have been very accustomed to sitting and listening for long periods of time.  We learn about what has happened through the characters’ conversation.

If this were to be made into a movie, we would probably see the entire story in chronological order—Nora and the doctor telling her about Torvald’s illness, Nora deciding to forge her father’s signature because she is about to give birth and he has just died…and perhaps we would also see Krogstad and Mrs. Linde as two young people in love, and her decision to end her engagement to him to marry a man who can provide for her, her dying mother and two young brothers.

Although the play ends with the ‘door slam’, we might wonder about what happens next—what might be the scene between Krogstad and Torvald the next time they meet?  What might happen fifteen to twenty years from now, when one of the children wants to get married?  Would Nora ever come back into their lives?  What life might she live now?

Choose a situation or element from A Doll’s House and create a scene based on your knowledge of the characters and their relationships.  You may work alone to develop a monologue, with a partner for an intense two-person scene, or with two or three other people.  Just be sure that each actor shines equally in their roles. 

If you have been absent from class, you may borrow a copy of the script to read.

Rubric:  To be developed together on Thursday, April 12.  All groups are to be determined by the end of class on Thursday, April 12.  Students who are absent and unchosen by a partner or partners will automatically be given the monologue option.

Task #2:  ORIGINALLY POSTED AS DUE APRIL 4:   Read Goldman's commentary on A Doll's house and answer the two Thinking/Inquiry questions for a total of 10 marks.  Due:  Friday, April 20, 2012.

 

Have a great Easter

We will resume A Doll's House after the Easter long weekend.

In the meantime, consider the Gumboots performance we watched to end this week together with the Gr. 12's.