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Nora and the "Wonderful Thing"

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...

Ibsen and Shakespeare/Doll's House and Much Ado About Nothing

in order to obtain the loan. At this point in the nineteenth century, married women were not allowed to own property or carry out ...

Chopin/The Awakening/Suicide as Closure

the beginning of the novel? Why does Edna not try to follow the same path as her artistic mentor, Mm. Reisz, who lives the indepen...

Suicide in 'The Awakening' by Kate Chopin

according to Wolff, cannot find a "partner or audience with whom to build her new story" and she is unable to build one all by her...

Toni Morrison’s Sula

It is also interesting to note that when they grow, and separate, they take on the roles of their mothers: "Nel struggles to a con...

Insanity in Comparative Literature

freedom as expressed in The Awakening is a freedom from rules, expectations and people. Yet, other types of freedom had also been ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening' and Idealism

An elderly pianist, Mademoiselles music arouses Ednas artistic temperament. Additionally, Edna becomes infatuated with a young man...

Protagonist Analysis of Edna Pontellier in 'The Awakening' by Kate Chopin

Iin five pages this paper examines Edna before and after marriage, considers her 'awakening' and conflict and also incorporates fe...

Development of Edna in Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening'

In six pages the development of Kate Chopin's protagonist Edna is discussed. Three other sources are listed in the bibliography....

Kate Chopin/The Storm

A neighbor, Alcee Laballiere, rides up to her home. He asks if he can wait on her porch till the storm abates, but the storm is so...

Tragic Personality of Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

of this play, we find Ibsens comments for what he called his "modern-day tragedy," He says, "There are two kinds of moral law, tw...

Nora Helmer's Innocence in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House

husband Torvald, belittle their women and define their mates based on their potential as a companion, housekeeper, and the ability...

Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening' and the Characters of Mademoiselle Reisz and Edna Pontellier

at the piano" but it may well have been the "first time she was ready, perhaps the first time her being was tempered to take an im...

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

honesty, no such thing for anyone. She seeks happiness in many avenues of pursuit but she may well be unrealistic in all she pursu...

Division Essay: Desiree’s Baby by Chopin

white masters raped their black female slaves and as such many of those females gave birth to interracial children who were slaves...

Switching Partners

yo like. Ill be home tonight." The screen door made a little snick as it swung closed, and she was alone. She pulled the gown back...

Daisy and Nora

hostile public world. Yet, she confesses to a friend that she keeps her business activities a secret from him because it would be ...

Inward Lives of 2 19th Century Women

and "one day could not explain some term of horsemanship to her that she had come across in a novel" (Flaubert 29). Emmas disappoi...

"A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen

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...

Exile in Works of American Literature

In five pages this paper applies Nietzsche's Existentialism to an analysis of exile in The Awakening by Kate Chopin and A Streetca...

A Streetcar Named Desire and A Doll's House and the Theme of Appearance versus Reality

seriously ill and needs a change in climate to regain his health, Nora is forced to take drastic measures in order to finance such...

The Awakening by Kate Chopin and Power Struggles

feel "normal" she simply goes about her day. There is an air of loneliness, despair and isolation, which would make any individual...

Female Characters in Hedda Gabler and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

she develops the illusion of her identity slowly vanishes. She is slowly seen as an intelligent woman who desires more from life t...

A Comparative View of Female Protagonists

changes in her life have both positive and negative implications. At the onset of the story, Janie is a character who is unable t...

Edna Pontellier and the Character Crafting of Kate Chopin in The Awakening

In five pages this research paper examines how Chopin carefully crafted protagonist Edna Pontellier to be the central focus of her...

Reactions to Stress in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

In 5 pages this paper analyzes the different stress reactions of protagonists Willy Loman and Nora Helmer in these social dramas b...

Women in The Awakening by Kate Chopin

In eight pages this paper considers how Kate Chopin portrayed the evolving role of women in her protagonist Edna Pontellier in The...

Edna Pontellier's Importance to The Awakening by Kate Chopin

In five pages the significance of Edna to the novella by Kate Chopin and how she symbolically represents Victorian women's desire ...

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and Personal Empowerment

In five pages this paper examines the personal empowerment that transforms heroine Nora Helmer in this social drama by Ibsen. The...

Baroque, Classical and Romantic/Comparing 3 Works

sense of awe and wonder at the complex beauty of the music. The classical music of Beethoven blends the varied textures of the o...