Short Written Assignment:

Read either  A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen or  Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. You can find the  works online by putting in for your search A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen

• Project Gutenberg or Heart of

Darkness, by Joseph Conrad

-Project Gutenberg.

If you choose to read A Doll’s House , answer both of the following questions:

1. How does Torvald treat his wife Nora? What is the secret that Nora tries to keep from him?

2. Why does she decide to leave her husband? Why would this ending have shocked people back then?

If you choose to read  Heart of Darkness , answer both of the following questions:

1. When Marlow meets Kurtz, how do his impressions of him change from what people earlier had said

about Kurtz?

2. In what ways is  Heart of Darkness an indictment of European imperialism in the so – called Congo Free

State? How does Conrad use the Kurtz character to illustrate the evils of imperialism in the Congo?

Answer the questions in about one page. Provide 2 short quotes from the reading to illustrate your

points.

The assignment is due on Friday, March 16.