Kingsborough Community College THA 53 - Section D02F Acting II: Scene Study Professor Ryan McKinney Final Exam

m Tuesday, 6/5/12 11am 1pm Student Name: Nasaun Lineszy Part I: Please answer the questions below based on your work for Scene #3 Self-Selected Scenes (if there are no clear answers to these questions from your reading of the play, then you must hypothesize). 1. Characters Name: Torvald Helmer 2. Play & Author: Henrik Ibsen 3. Age: 4. Occupation: Mid to late 30s Lawyer

5. Married/Single/Dating?: Married to Nora 6. Hometown: A small city or town in Norway. 7. Other Important Relationships: Krogstad a bank clerk who Nora owes a great debt to. 8. Character Traits: Arrogant, self centered, realist. 9. Objective in Scene: Justify my decisions in the marriage to Nora.

10. Super-Objective: To keep Nora from walking out on the family. 11. Obstacle: Nora refuses to continue to cooperate in the marriage decisions Torvaled makes. Page 1 of 3 12. Does your character achieve their objective over the course of the play? No, my character fails to save his marriage and loses his wife due to the result of his pride. Part II - Please answer the questions below based on your work on Scene #2. 13. Please give me a brief plot synopsis of the play? This play is about a husband who treats his wife; who

Kingsborough Community College THA 53 - Section D02F Acting II: Scene Study Professor Ryan McKinney Final Exam Tuesday, 6/5/12 11am 1pm is dependent on him, like a pet or child. It covers the issue of women not having as much legal right as men, which forces Nora to forge her fathers signature in order to save her husbands life. In the end result Nora learns that her husband is more concerned with his image than the stability of their marriage and is forced to go out in the world and learn to survive on her own. Plot: Torvald gets sick, Nora takes a loan from Krogstad and forges her fathers signature, Nora saves Torvalds life, Torvald fires Krogstad, Krogstad blackmails Nora, Torvald finds out about the loan, Torvald bashes Noras character, Nora heart broken walks out on Toarvald.

Page 2 of 3 14. What are the given circumstances leading up to your scene? What happens right before your scene begins? Where is your character coming from? Where are they going? Before the scene began my character (Torvald) has found out that his wife (Nora) has taken a loan from a bank clerk whom he had fired. Nora owes a great debt to the bank clerk who blackmails her and threatens

Kingsborough Community College THA 53 - Section D02F Acting II: Scene Study Professor Ryan McKinney Final Exam Tuesday, 6/5/12 11am 1pm to tell everyone about the debt and how she forged her fathers signature to get the loan; if he doesnt get his job back. Torvald threatens to not take Noras side and let the shame and blame all fall on her in order to save his own good name. Nora came to a realization that Torvald isnt willing to protect her and wants out of the relationship.

15. How do you think you did on this scene? Did you improve over the semester? What challenges did you face? What did you think you did well and what do you want to work on as you move forward with your acting studies? Use any appropriate reflections from your journals to respond to these questions. (use the reverse side of this page if additional space is needed). I believe I did well in my scene. Yes I feel I improved over the semester because I learned not only to recite my lines but to respond to the other characters. Staying in character in the middle of minor pauses was a bit of a challenge for me, but I believe I executed it well. I think I memorized and prepared for my final performances well, but I would like to improve on the depth of my research skills; such as character background, applying tactics, and finding beats.

Kingsborough Community College THA 53 - Section D02F Acting II: Scene Study Professor Ryan McKinney Final Exam Tuesday, 6/5/12 11am 1pm

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