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should convey a sense of the strength that is reflected in Nora. The adornments and the furnishings are only accessories to the s...

himself as child was to give puppet performances, for his siblings as well as for other children in the town. Think of how a pupp...

The ways in which confinement in its various forms such as psychological, social, financial, and emotional are thematically repres...

to her on the basis of her sex. To further complicate her situation, she was an exile from her primitive Colchis homeland, forced...

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

many women who watched this play and related well to Nora, though they were perhaps in a position where they would never speak out...

Etienne is one who has actively chosen to go back down into the mines, to support and encourage people to fight. "He did...

him well. He understands that for women, gazing at and purchasing beautiful items is a sensuous experience. After the initial no...

for gifts, which, having been received, fail to hold her interest. Zola also paints an unsympathetic picture of the men whom Nana ...

to death, do nothing, or enter into a profession of prostitution. With these as her choices she makes the decision to work in the ...

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 is made-up of eleven mini-essays, which all offer explanation of a quote taken from great works of literature by Virgin...

an absent father. Although it is not obvious, her fathers absence lies at the bottom of her plight. To support her sick mother and...

"terrible grand in her ways" (Ibsen I). Hedda is perhaps everything they assumed she would be. She is arrogant and above these p...

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

her own backbone and eventually would have left Torvald. Krogstad does not purposely cause the marital strife, some would argue, b...

has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...

enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...

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 ...

laboratory tests!"(Ibsen, 71). This constant tearing down of Nora, it can be assumed serves several purposes for Torvald. Firstly,...

In five pages this paper examines the social dramas of August Strindberg and Henrik Ibsen in a consideration of modernism classifi...

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

part of his micro-manipulation of Noras behavior. For example, he jokingly calls her his "Miss Sweet Tooth" as he grills her about...

those who do not stop to examine their existence. For example, Americans do not often think of their historical past save as somet...

indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...

In 5 pages this paper assesses the realism of the premise of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and its conclusion. There are 4 sourc...

In 9 pages the feminist manifesto characteristics of this social drama by Henrik Ibsen are analyzed. There are 3 sources cited in...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the works by Henrik Ibsen and Franz Kafka in a consideration of each author's pres...

This paper compares how masculinity is portrayed in 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' by T.S. Eliot and in A Doll's House by H...

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