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one of the most essential elements of sacrifice, especially in a religious context, is that the action is performed willingly, and...

eye-opening realization that throughout her life, the men that ruled over her, first her father and then her husband, never actual...

In seven pages this paper analyzes casting within the context of the plays A Doll's House, Antigone, The Cherry Orchard, Three Tal...

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...

of Norway. Interestingly, Ibsen observed a year before the completion of A Dolls House in his text Notes for a Modern Tragedy, "T...

when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). Her husband...

One could argue that perhaps Ibsen told the press he was not a feminist in order to get the media off his back, but the...

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...

will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...

When she is speaking of the characters of Desdemona and Antigone, which is important to examine in order to compare to the charact...

he reminds her that that is still several months in the future (Ibsen). Her response is to suggest that they borrow what they need...

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...

society (Books and Writers). "He did not much believe in the possibility of individual freedom but emphasized the importance of ex...

view. Wily Lomans life is riddled with failures, including the failure towards his family when Wily Loman has an affair, his work...

the complete ignorance that the male of Torvalds type had toward women during this time in history. They are seen as incapable of ...

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...

to represent his wifes ideal, and she was expected to follow his lead without question. In societys view, a woman was incapable o...

House shocked audiences when it first appeared with its depiction of a woman who refused to live by societys "rules." This paper d...

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

and demure, that he will take care of her. But as the play goes on, it becomes clear that she is far stronger than he is. She has ...

of the men involved. The men want things in absolutes, black and white; the women can tolerate ambiguity. In Noras case, things ar...

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...

This essay offers analysis of Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and Hansberry "A Raisin in the Sun" according to the principles of Gordon ...

This essay indicates that Barry Witham and John Lutterbie's Marxist analysis of "The Doll's House" is accurate and provides insigh...

This essay pertains to Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and discusses the character of Nora. Five pages in length, four sources are cited...