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Essays 61 - 90
of the men involved. The men want things in absolutes, black and white; the women can tolerate ambiguity. In Noras case, things ar...
when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). Her husband...
most advantageously. Neither is there any consistency in the types of personality and coping responses that least effectively dea...
after the stories are done. In the beginning of both of the novels the women seem to be relatively happy, and perhaps ignorant, ...
of Norway. Interestingly, Ibsen observed a year before the completion of A Dolls House in his text Notes for a Modern Tragedy, "T...
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...
her husband, but she commits fraud when she signs her fathers name to the bond (Ibsen, 2004). (We can assume that her father was w...
the complete ignorance that the male of Torvalds type had toward women during this time in history. They are seen as incapable of ...
her own backbone and eventually would have left Torvald. Krogstad does not purposely cause the marital strife, some would argue, b...
society (Books and Writers). "He did not much believe in the possibility of individual freedom but emphasized the importance of ex...
an absent father. Although it is not obvious, her fathers absence lies at the bottom of her plight. To support her sick mother and...
will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...
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...
he reminds her that that is still several months in the future (Ibsen). Her response is to suggest that they borrow what they need...
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 ...
to represent his wifes ideal, and she was expected to follow his lead without question. In societys view, a woman was incapable o...
enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...
that she has thoughts and ideas that are not necessarily normal for a simple woman. She has a fire, and that fire is the element o...
husband Torvald, belittle their women and define their mates based on their potential as a companion, housekeeper, and the ability...
than money and position, but in the end, it is the money and position which sentence her to the only action left to her. A woman c...
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 ...
she develops the illusion of her identity slowly vanishes. She is slowly seen as an intelligent woman who desires more from life t...
"Two years later the masterpiece Brand was produced and shortly after, he left Norway, spending the better part of his life in Ita...
part of his micro-manipulation of Noras behavior. For example, he jokingly calls her his "Miss Sweet Tooth" as he grills her about...
and makes his way to her dressing room. He knocks, but then quickly enters the room, knowing that she is expecting him. The dan...