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hotel owners son Robert, whose role in life seems to be entertaining the young wives while maintaining a safe enough distance so n...

works, that Ibsen had a unique take on women. In fact, Baker-White notes that Ibsens realist plays had been subverted due to the u...

the two characters that are struggling to get back into it: Krogstad and Kristina. By comparison, we can see that Torvald deligh...

In six pages this research paper discusses how slavery manifests itself in one form or another in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Trav...

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...

This paper examines concepts of paradox and passion, women's social position, and individual autonomy in the philosophy of Soren K...

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

the elements that speak of such disappointments. The paper finishes with a brief discussion of the works discussed. Story of an ...

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...

not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...

overlook the intimate clues that illustrate the wife killed him. The women, who have accompanied the men, slowly put the pieces to...

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...

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 ...

man is that he truly loves his wife and he is a noble and sensitive man. Unfortunately he has a weakness and that is his love of h...

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...

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

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...

for bearing her brother in accordance with the dictates of tradition and Greek religious practice. Citing feminist histori...

In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...

In five pages this paper examines the relationship between society and the individual as represented by the female protagonists of...

She is disgusted by the fact that she must respond to the blackmailer, but also proud that she has defended her husband and her li...

This paper discusses women's need for their own identity as considered by Anton Chekhov in Three Sisters and Henrik Ibsen in A Dol...

This 5 page paper discusses the portrayal of marriage in three plays: A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen; The Marriage of Olype by Aug...

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...

the way the authors developed the theme of appearance vs. reality in their plays, I was trying to show the distinct difference in ...

the way the authors developed the theme of appearance vs. reality in their plays, I was trying to show the distinct difference in ...

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

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...