A Doll’s House
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A Doll’s House is a landmark 1879 play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen that critiques 19th-century marriage norms and gender roles through the story of Nora Helmer’s awakening and decision to leave her family.
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Target entity: A Doll’s House Context triple: [Claire Bloom, notableWork, A Doll’s House]
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Doll’s House Target entity description: A Doll’s House is a landmark 1879 play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen that critiques 19th-century marriage norms and gender roles through the story of Nora Helmer’s awakening and decision to leave her family.
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A.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman is a landmark American stage play that portrays the tragic downfall of aging salesman Willy Loman while critiquing the promises and failures of the American Dream.
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B.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire is a landmark American play by Tennessee Williams that explores desire, mental instability, and social decay in postwar New Orleans.
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C.
All My Sons
All My Sons is a critically acclaimed 1947 stage play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of family, guilt, and moral responsibility in post-World War II America.
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D.
Three Sisters
Three Sisters is a group of three prominent stratovolcanoes in the central Oregon Cascades, known for their distinctive clustered peaks and popular hiking and climbing terrain.
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E.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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play ⓘ realist drama ⓘ |
| author | Henrik Ibsen ⓘ |
| character |
Dr. Rank
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Kristine Linde ⓘ Nils Krogstad ⓘ Nora Helmer ⓘ Torvald Helmer ⓘ the Helmer children ⓘ |
| controversy | challenged traditional views of marriage and women’s roles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Norway ⓘ |
| criticalReception | initially controversial but later widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | well-made play with realist elements ⓘ |
| ending | Nora decides to leave her husband and children ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Gyldendal ⓘ |
| genre |
problem play
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realist drama ⓘ social drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations
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radio adaptations ⓘ stage revivals worldwide ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of modernist theatre
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feminist literary criticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 19th century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Nora Helmer
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Torvald Helmer ⓘ |
| movement |
modern drama
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realism ⓘ |
| notableScene |
Nora’s tarantella dance at the party
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the final door slam when Nora leaves ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Norwegian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Et dukkehjem ⓘ |
| plotSummary |
Nora Helmer secretly borrows money to save her husband’s life and later faces blackmail and a crisis that leads her to leave her husband and children to find herself.
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linked to:
A Doll’s House
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| premiereDate | 1879-12-21 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation |
Royal Theatre, Copenhagen
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linked to:
Royal Theatre
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| publicationYear | 1879 ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Helmer household
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a Norwegian town ⓘ |
| settingTime | late 19th century ⓘ |
| significance | considered a landmark in the history of modern drama ⓘ |
| theme |
critique of 19th-century marriage norms
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female emancipation ⓘ gender roles ⓘ identity and self-discovery ⓘ individual freedom ⓘ power dynamics in marriage ⓘ respectability and social appearance ⓘ |
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Nora Helmer secretly borrows money to save her husband’s life and later faces blackmail and a crisis that leads her to leave her husband and children to find herself.
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