YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen and Irony
Essays 61 - 90
he looked at the possibility that a woman, finding herself in a loveless marriage and living a life as an overprotected wife, was ...
normal and average. Nora is a woman who is seen as nothing more than a simple creature. Her husband often refers to her in cond...
and changes his mind. He will not sacrifice his only daughter because of Menelaus unfaithful wife. (The impetus behind the Trojan ...
beginning of the story she is simply a doll, a pretty thing that plays her role as the good wife and mother. As one author notes, ...
as "little skylark twittering." Her husband calls her "little featherbrain," "little scatterbrain," "squirrel sulking", and "song ...
she is essentially immersed in her role. But, as the story develops we begin to wonder if all of these characteristics of being ch...
This essay asserts that Ibsen's play "A Doll's House" presents a convincing argument that a woman could be herself, that is, an au...
hotel owners son Robert, whose role in life seems to be entertaining the young wives while maintaining a safe enough distance so n...
In five pages this paper discusses the similarities and differences in wifely roles between Desdemona in William Shakespeare's Oth...
the two characters that are struggling to get back into it: Krogstad and Kristina. By comparison, we can see that Torvald deligh...
society has determined what their roles are and how long they are to enact them. Enter Nora and Medea, who both prove to have min...
In six pages this research paper discusses how slavery manifests itself in one form or another in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Trav...
This paper examines concepts of paradox and passion, women's social position, and individual autonomy in the philosophy of Soren K...
the elements that speak of such disappointments. The paper finishes with a brief discussion of the works discussed. Story of an ...
than an idiot, indicating that he had no real knowledge of who she was. However, as the story progresses she slowly began to emerg...
not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...
overlook the intimate clues that illustrate the wife killed him. The women, who have accompanied the men, slowly put the pieces to...
her shell, showing her intelligence and her need to be independent and the fact that her husband will not accept and appreciate wh...
and his life. He does not allow, or expect her to be anything more. He berates her like a child for spending money and for eating ...
her husband. She has little identity and really does not seem interested in finding much of an identity. However, as the story evo...
When she is speaking of the characters of Desdemona and Antigone, which is important to examine in order to compare to the charact...
in this case. The setting of the plays could also be associated with the setting that relates to money. In both plays one of the...
after the stories are done. In the beginning of both of the novels the women seem to be relatively happy, and perhaps ignorant, ...
of the men involved. The men want things in absolutes, black and white; the women can tolerate ambiguity. In Noras case, things ar...
and the people they know are not perfect. This offers us realism in a very powerful manner. At the same time, however, it is also ...
part of his micro-manipulation of Noras behavior. For example, he jokingly calls her his "Miss Sweet Tooth" as he grills her about...
enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...
her own backbone and eventually would have left Torvald. Krogstad does not purposely cause the marital strife, some would argue, b...
one of the most essential elements of sacrifice, especially in a religious context, is that the action is performed willingly, and...
In five pages this paper examines the relationship between society and the individual as represented by the female protagonists of...