YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Social Oppression in A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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part of his micro-manipulation of Noras behavior. For example, he jokingly calls her his "Miss Sweet Tooth" as he grills her about...
really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression-a slight hysterical tendency--what is one to do? My brother i...
This paper examines concepts of paradox and passion, women's social position, and individual autonomy in the philosophy of Soren K...
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...
will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...
This essay consists of six pages and compares the social oppression the wives in each story experiences. There is no bibliography...
it would be the heavy bedstead, and then the barred windows, and then that gate at the head of the stairs, and so on" (Gilman 11)....
a room that "opened on the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings! but John would...
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 ...
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...
after the stories are done. In the beginning of both of the novels the women seem to be relatively happy, and perhaps ignorant, ...
of Norway. Interestingly, Ibsen observed a year before the completion of A Dolls House in his text Notes for a Modern Tragedy, "T...
of the men involved. The men want things in absolutes, black and white; the women can tolerate ambiguity. In Noras case, things ar...
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 ...
to represent his wifes ideal, and she was expected to follow his lead without question. In societys view, a woman was incapable o...
her shell, showing her intelligence and her need to be independent and the fact that her husband will not accept and appreciate wh...
overlook the intimate clues that illustrate the wife killed him. The women, who have accompanied the men, slowly put the pieces to...
hotel owners son Robert, whose role in life seems to be entertaining the young wives while maintaining a safe enough distance so n...
In five pages this paper discusses the similarities and differences in wifely roles between Desdemona in William Shakespeare's Oth...
In four pages this paper examines how the playwright represents social issues in this 19th century dramatic play....
the two characters that are struggling to get back into it: Krogstad and Kristina. By comparison, we can see that Torvald deligh...
partner. He makes frequent animal comparisons to his wife, referring to her as "my little lark" (43) or "my squirrel" (44). Thes...
In six pages this research paper discusses how slavery manifests itself in one form or another in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Trav...
the elements that speak of such disappointments. The paper finishes with a brief discussion of the works discussed. Story of an ...
one of the most essential elements of sacrifice, especially in a religious context, is that the action is performed willingly, and...
enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...