Essays 1 - 30
beginning of the story she is simply a doll, a pretty thing that plays her role as the good wife and mother. As one author notes, ...
the complete ignorance that the male of Torvalds type had toward women during this time in history. They are seen as incapable of ...
the two characters that are struggling to get back into it: Krogstad and Kristina. By comparison, we can see that Torvald deligh...
Tovald must deal with those of his subordinates. Despite his law background, he is employed as a bank manager and has a number of...
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...
in order to obtain the loan. At this point in the nineteenth century, married women were not allowed to own property or carry out ...
the way the authors developed the theme of appearance vs. reality in their plays, I was trying to show the distinct difference in ...
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...
House shocked audiences when it first appeared with its depiction of a woman who refused to live by societys "rules." This paper d...
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...
when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). Her husband...
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...
her shell, showing her intelligence and her need to be independent and the fact that her husband will not accept and appreciate wh...
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...
overlook the intimate clues that illustrate the wife killed him. The women, who have accompanied the men, slowly put the pieces to...
an absent father. Although it is not obvious, her fathers absence lies at the bottom of her plight. To support her sick mother and...
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...
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...
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...
eye-opening realization that throughout her life, the men that ruled over her, first her father and then her husband, never actual...
for bearing her brother in accordance with the dictates of tradition and Greek religious practice. Citing feminist histori...