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Acting out her intimate desires may have given her a moments retreat from what she so seeks to leave behind, yet the overall effec...

was a Louisiana wife steeped in the traditions of the plantation South. She married prosperous Leonce Pontellier so that she coul...

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

In eight pages the twenty first century perspective is applied to this novel first published in 1899 in order to determine its mes...

the narrator informs the reader, looks at his wife as she were a "valuable piece of personal property" (Chopin 4). It is largely E...

population of the resort is almost entirely Creole, so Edna is immersed in a culture in which she feels like a stranger, one that ...

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

In seven pages this paper presents a character analysis of Nora Helmer as featured in Henrik Ibsen's social drama A Doll's House. ...

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...

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Henrik Ibsen's 'Ghosts' and Alexander Pope's 'Rape of the Lock' are comparatively examined in ter...

In 5 pages this paper discusses Henrik Ibsen's obscure play and considers how this theme is reflected in the drama's characters. ...

In three pages this paper compares and contrasts three major female theatrical protagonists Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Medea...

In five pages this paper discusses the similarities and differences in wifely roles between Desdemona in William Shakespeare's Oth...

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

her shell, showing her intelligence and her need to be independent and the fact that her husband will not accept and appreciate wh...

Rosmer, haunts them. Both characters, as noted, feel they are the cause of the suicide of Mrs. Rosmer and by the end of the story...

When he comes back out he says "Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?" (Ibsen). From this simple beginning we alre...

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

than an idiot, indicating that he had no real knowledge of who she was. However, as the story progresses she slowly began to emerg...

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

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

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...

in this case. The setting of the plays could also be associated with the setting that relates to money. In both plays one of the...

her husband. She has little identity and really does not seem interested in finding much of an identity. However, as the story evo...

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 ...

is a social climber; and she has no respect for her husband or his scholarship, finding it and him both incredibly boring. She is ...

was a woman who was independent, has affairs, leaves her husband, isnt interested in being the sole person responsible for the upb...

that Faulkner is telling. We can only speculate as to his reasons for not allowing her to speak directly and instead relying on ot...