Reading and reflection on text books -semester 2

1.A DOLL'S HOUSE -Henric Ibsen
Introduction 
  Henric Johan lbsen,the well-known Norwegian dramatist and poet is generally acknowledged as one of the pioneers of modern European drama
A Doll's House is the second of Ibsen's great realistic social dramas...
Characterisation 
Nora-Torwald Helmer's wife. .
Torwald Helmer -the husband of Nora is a lawyer  by profession. ...
Kristine Linde...
Brief summary 
Act1
Act 2
Act3
Critical assessment 
A DOLL'S HOUSE is one of Ibsen's shorter plays.The whole play is built on irony, suggestionand implicit symbolism. ...
Conclusion 
A DOLL'S HOUSE has, as its dominant theme, the freedom of self from the shackles of a conventional society. .....
2.KING LEAR-WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
Introduction 
  King Lear is a famous tragedy by William Shakespeare. The story of King Lear and his daughters is a very old one..
Characterisation 
King Lear-king of Britain. .
Goneril,Regan,Cordelia-daughters to Lear
Duke of Cornwall....
Brief summary 
Act1
Act2
Act3
Act4
Act5
Critical assessment 
Dr.Johnson
    There is perhaps no play which keeps the attention so strongly fixed; which so much agitates our passions and interests. ..
conclusion 
King Lear is a tragedy about parents and children, about the relations in a family between a young and the old..