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Essay / Summary - 668
Realism creates the appearance of life, as it is actually lived. Characters in modern realistic plays speak in the same way that people speak in their daily lives. They no longer speak in highly poetic language, in formal statements, asides or soliloquies. Additionally, realistic events may indeed be heroic, but they focus on ordinary people's experiences such as work, love, marriage, children, death. Therefore, conflicts in realistic plays are likely to reflect problems in our own lives. Playwrights found it necessary to create works that reflected the lives of their audiences. Furthermore, in melodramas, conflicts sometimes arise from plot rather than characterization; regularly, a virtuous individual confronts and defeats a wicked oppressor. Usually a melodramatic story has a happy ending. Thus, melodramas entertain audiences with exciting action while remaining consistent with the traditional sense of justice. From the realists' point of view, Meyer adds that melodramas were merely escapist fantasies that distorted life by refusing to examine the real world closely and objectively. Furthermore, the problem play popularized by Henrik Ibsen is a type of drama that deals with controversial social issues in order to arouse the audience's interest in them. There is another movement related to realism, called naturalism. Naturalism takes its name from the idea that human beings are part of nature and subject to its laws. Characters in naturalistic plays are typically depicted as victims overwhelmed by internal and external forces. It is therefore an extreme form of realism. The theatrical conventions of modern drama consist of framed scenes. Sets and props are used to create an illusion of reality. Additionally, technical effects can make us believe that there are conflicts in the middle of the paper to propel the action of his play. In addition, he used the theatrical conventions of modern drama, such as the "little library with richly bound books" described in the opening scene of the play. "A Doll's House" dramatizes the tensions of a 19th-century middle-class marriage in which a woman struggles with her identity imposed by her husband and society. The characters act pretty much the way we think people behave. Additionally, Nora wears dresses that make her appear doll-like. Furthermore, Meyer says that "this could make dramatic sense in an absurdist adaptation that seeks to dramatize Nora's loss of identity and dehumanization following her marriage." This play presents realistic events focusing on ordinary people's experiences such as work, love, marriage and children. The conflicts in “A Doll's House” are likely to reflect problems in our own lives.