YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Choices and Sense of Duty in Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
Essays 121 - 150
he looked at the possibility that a woman, finding herself in a loveless marriage and living a life as an overprotected wife, was ...
She relies on him for everything, from movements to thoughts, much like a puppet who is dependent on its puppet master for all of ...
In two pages this play is analyzed in terms of its representation of gender roles as manifested in the neurotic Hedda Gabler. The...
coincidence and picturesque contrast" (A Dolls House) punctuated by his use of language plays a significant role in identifying No...
more of a servant to her husband than a partner. Policies, both domestic and economic, were set by the husband, and the wife acte...
In all honesty, Dr. Stockmann fails to think outside his scientific reasoning. He is, in a sense, blind to those who do not believ...
quite clear that Edith has just cause to feel alienated from her husband and her marriage from its inception. In the first half of...
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 ...
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...
serves to foil Nora in Acts I and II by tearing down Noras optimistic attitude with her own weighty pessimism. Mrs. Linde has not...
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...
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 ...
particularly like the characters of Christine and Krogstad, especially since Krogstad is essentially blackmailing Nora, we see tha...
but she doesnt seem to realize it. One of the very first scenes between them the reader realizes that he is going to be a dominee...
eye-opening realization that throughout her life, the men that ruled over her, first her father and then her husband, never actual...
for bearing her brother in accordance with the dictates of tradition and Greek religious practice. Citing feminist histori...
point that in order to become complete, we must learn more about ourselves and who we are. In order to do this, we need to experi...
they professed to love, with Medea most certainly taking the deed to great extremes. It is important for the student to understan...
In ten pages this paper discusses issues of blackmail, abandonment, marital rape, and divorce within the context of the role justi...
In five pages the point of view, structure and characterization of Ibsen's play are analyzed. There are no other sources listed i...
In five pages this paper examines this strong and unconventional female character. There are no other sources listed....
hand, is a model of blunt decorum and steadiness, a man ruled by his class and conventions rather than feeling: basically, a guy ...
In seven pages this paper analyzes Ibsen's social play in terms of its dualities represented in plot and characterization. Six so...
In five pages this paper considers society's dualism as represented in Ibsen's social drama. One source is listed in the bibliogr...
In five pages this paper examines the play, its conflict, and its neurotic protagonist. There are no other sources listed....
same as if it were a dolls house, it is built on illusion and fantasy. Within the dolls house Nora become the doll, possibly livin...
In 3 pages the uses of irony in this social drama are examined. There are 4 sources cited in the bibliography....