Why has Nora borrowed money?

Traditionally, we have claimed that theater began in Greece. What other country has been named as the originator of drama and theater?

What tradition did drama arise from, according to scholars?

In Susan Glaspell's play, Trifles, what has happened to Mr. Wright?

Plays are somewhat like fiction in that they have plot, characters, setting, and theme. What is the big difference between plays and fiction (such as novels and short stories) that is noted in the Module Pages?

If a play does not provide you with descriptions of the characters, how would a director typically know how to cast them?

What does Mrs. Linde think Nora has done to get the money she needed?

Which of the following is an example of what the male characters in Trifles consider to be funny, trivial concerns of the women folk in the play?

Why does Nora's husband, Torvald Helmer, despise Krogstad?

What was Nora really doing all the time she told Torvald that she was making Christmas decorations and spending time away from her family?

Why does Dr. Rank send a card with a little cross in the corner?

In the theater, what does the term "blocking" mean?

Plays occur in real time. They are unlike books which we can put down for days at a time, or like films which we can pause and go make a cup of coffee. Actors are live humans who perform over the course of an evening (or afternoon) an entire story with a plot, character development, conflict, and resolution. If we leave a theatre for a cigarette break, we disrupt the focus of the actors - which is completely different from performers in a film, who completed their work months if not years before we ever see the edited film. What is the name of Aristotle's 4th century BCE treatise on theater?

What is Aristotle's name for the protagonist's "fatal flaw"?

The "inciting incident" often occurs before the action of the play begins. What would you say is the inciting incident of the play Trifles?