<div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignright size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" src="https://subtextpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/dolls-house-cover-final-300x300.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-2073" srcset="https://subtextpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/dolls-house-cover-final-300x300.jpg 300w, https://subtextpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/dolls-house-cover-final-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://subtextpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/dolls-house-cover-final-150x150.jpg 150w, https://subtextpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/dolls-house-cover-final-768x768.jpg 768w, https://subtextpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/dolls-house-cover-final-75x75.jpg 75w, https://subtextpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/dolls-house-cover-final.jpg 1500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></figure> </div> <p>Nora Helmer begins Act I as a devoted wife to her respectable husband, Torvald, and a devoted mother to her young children. She ends Act III by walking out on all of them and closing the door behind her. The emotional distance covered in these three acts (representing a span of just a few days in the lives of the Helmers) makes Nora one of the greatest and most coveted acting challenges in the theater. How might we mark out a route between the Nora of Act I, the charming toy of the men in her life who seems to desire nothing more than the comfort and ease her husband’s recent promotion is set to provide, and the Nora of Act III, an independent woman willing to sacrifice everything in pursuit of her own self-determination? Wes &amp; Erin discuss Henrik Ibsen’s &#8220;A Doll’s House.&#8221;</p> <p><strong>Upcoming Episodes</strong>: <em>Jaws</em>, Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People.”</p> <p>Pre-order Erin&#8217;s forthcoming book &#8220;Avail&#8221; here: <a href="http://subtextpodcast.com/avail">http://subtextpodcast.com/avail</a></p> <p>For bonus content, become a paid subscriber at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/subtext">Patreon</a> or directly on the Apple Podcasts app. Patreon subscribers also get early access to ad-free regular episodes. </p> <p>This podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Visit <a href="https://www.airwavemedia.com">AirwaveMedia.com</a> to listen and subscribe to other Airwave shows like <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-job-brain/id507938401" title="">Good Job, Brain</a> and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/big-picture-science/id73329638?mt=2&amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D4" title="">Big Picture Science</a>.</p> <p>Email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&nbsp;to enquire about advertising on the podcast.</p> <p>Follow:<strong> </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/enjoysubtext">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/subtextpodcast/">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://subtextpodcast.com/">Website</a></p>