Explain how you have used Stanislavski's methods in the performance of a scene from The Doll's House also mention the the the role of the male and female of the times.

On Friday the 30th of January 2004 I took part in a dead reckoning from Ibsens play; The Dolls House. The character I played was Helmer, husband to Nora. Helmer is your perfection old-fashioned husband with traditional values; who believes the mother should be a homebound, looking after the children figure, and he should bring the capital home. Also he tries to keep a respectful family. He descends from a middle class background so he doesnt see a problem with his outlook on lordly his wifes life as it was quite a standard counseling of living for the time. He is demanding and unfair, which results in a controversial deed (in his eyes) being carried out by his wife. My impression of Helmer is he is a chauvinistic control freak spellbound by the status quo of the late 19th century. Whereas I am a novel modern mould of the individual equal rights credence of todays retrospective 21st century.

His background was a significant fact concerning playing the role out, it becomes perceptive when you look at the language of the play. If it was a Shakespeare play then it wouldnt be as much of a quandary as Shakespeares Iambic Pentameter has a nostalgic feel, as does most of his play texts but unfortunately this wasnt the case in this play. An example of Helmer being assertive toward Nora is as follows.

Helmer; shouldnt you first interpret your place in your own home? Havent you an infallible take out in such matters, your religion.

Now 300yrs earlier a simmiliar sort of assertiveness by Old Capulet to lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet regarding their daughters marriage to Parris would of sounded uniform this;

Old Capulet; ...Who, raging with thy tears, and they with them,

Without a sudden calm will overset,

The storm tossed...

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