The second and third acts (called ACT SECOND and ACT THIRD,

The second and third acts (called ACT SECOND and ACT THIRD, pages 18-45) of A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen.After completing the play, read chapter 10 (pages 89-90) of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft.Respond to the following questions (but don’t read them before finishing the play, as there will be SPOILERS!)We see two relationships in this play — Nora and Torvald’s and Christina and Krogstad’s. In what ways do these relationships differ? Do you think that Ibsen intended to draw a contrast between them?What role does Dr. Rank play in the story? What’s the purpose of his character?Consider the mailbox as a symbol? What might it represent?Why does Nora leave behind not only her husband, but also her children? Wollstonecraft (2017) argues that ‘to be a good mother, a woman must have sense and also the independence of mind that is possessed by few women who are taught to depend entirely on their husbands’ (p. 90). What does she mean by this, and how would Wollstonecraft see Nora’s actions at the end of the play?