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yet to come in society at large. In Henrik Ibsens A Dolls House, the protagonist is a woman who has in...

are no different in this regard, inasmuch as they are inherently diverse by nature yet are also further divided by social dictates...

with his manly independence, to know he owed me anything!" (Ibsen Act I). When Torvald finds out about her deception and the sca...

and rules governing marriage; these rules were very oppressive to women. This paper discusses what Victorian society expected from...

beneath, the concept of such themes will satisfy most readers and explicators of fiction, there may be hidden, deeper meanings in ...

She relies on him for everything, from movements to thoughts, much like a puppet who is dependent on its puppet master for all of ...

53). However, when he discovers Nora and her involvement in certain business matters, he is forced to realize that she has done fa...

do him wrong. She is all but banished and ends up marrying into wealth and power in another region of the continent. Still she sid...

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

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

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

of society with fewer rights than a woman was a child. Torvald would welcome his wife home from a shopping trip with condescendin...

she is essentially immersed in her role. But, as the story develops we begin to wonder if all of these characteristics of being ch...

as "little skylark twittering." Her husband calls her "little featherbrain," "little scatterbrain," "squirrel sulking", and "song ...

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, ...

normal and average. Nora is a woman who is seen as nothing more than a simple creature. Her husband often refers to her in cond...

and changes his mind. He will not sacrifice his only daughter because of Menelaus unfaithful wife. (The impetus behind the Trojan ...

has been troubled for some time and they, at that instant, feel they would do anything to change it if only she would stay. But, t...

he looked at the possibility that a woman, finding herself in a loveless marriage and living a life as an overprotected wife, was ...

serves to foil Nora in Acts I and II by tearing down Noras optimistic attitude with her own weighty pessimism. Mrs. Linde has not...

standing up rights and truth. In Henrik Ibsens play "A Dolls House" there are many symbols which represent different aspect...

more of a servant to her husband than a partner. Policies, both domestic and economic, were set by the husband, and the wife acte...

him long ago, or at the very least, not promoted him. In this we see Willy blaming his new boss for his position. He puts the blam...

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

point that in order to become complete, we must learn more about ourselves and who we are. In order to do this, we need to experi...

partner. He makes frequent animal comparisons to his wife, referring to her as "my little lark" (43) or "my squirrel" (44). Thes...

the norm. It was something that perhaps stemmed from the authors fear, but for whatever the reason he created this female monster ...

father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...

In seven pages this short story is analyzed in terms of primary themes, plot, and characterization. There are no other sources li...

In five pages this report examines the intensity of mendacity as featured in these literary works. There are no other sources lis...