YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen and Nora and Torvald Helmer
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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, ...
husband Torvald, belittle their women and define their mates based on their potential as a companion, housekeeper, and the ability...
In six pages these two female protagonists are contrasted and compared with their respective self images also considered. There a...
the complete ignorance that the male of Torvalds type had toward women during this time in history. They are seen as incapable of ...
more of a servant to her husband than a partner. Policies, both domestic and economic, were set by the husband, and the wife acte...
She relies on him for everything, from movements to thoughts, much like a puppet who is dependent on its puppet master for all of ...
is able to whisk her husband off to a warmer climate, which has the desired effect and Torvald regains his good health. However, ...
In seven pages this paper presents a character analysis of Nora Helmer as featured in Henrik Ibsen's social drama A Doll's House. ...
the two characters that are struggling to get back into it: Krogstad and Kristina. By comparison, we can see that Torvald deligh...
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...
not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...
In five pages this paper discusses the similarities and differences in wifely roles between Desdemona in William Shakespeare's Oth...
hotel owners son Robert, whose role in life seems to be entertaining the young wives while maintaining a safe enough distance so n...
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 ...
her husband. She has little identity and really does not seem interested in finding much of an identity. However, as the story evo...
When she is speaking of the characters of Desdemona and Antigone, which is important to examine in order to compare to the charact...
after the stories are done. In the beginning of both of the novels the women seem to be relatively happy, and perhaps ignorant, ...
she develops the illusion of her identity slowly vanishes. She is slowly seen as an intelligent woman who desires more from life t...
This essay pertains to Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and discusses the character of Nora. Five pages in length, four sources are cited...
hostile public world. Yet, she confesses to a friend that she keeps her business activities a secret from him because it would be ...
In three pages this paper compares and contrasts three major female theatrical protagonists Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Medea...
In six pages this essay considers the connection between Nora's self esteem and the bird imagery Ibsen employs in A Doll's House. ...
than an idiot, indicating that he had no real knowledge of who she was. However, as the story progresses she slowly began to emerg...
to represent his wifes ideal, and she was expected to follow his lead without question. In societys view, a woman was incapable o...
In six pages this research paper discusses how slavery manifests itself in one form or another in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Trav...
This paper examines concepts of paradox and passion, women's social position, and individual autonomy in the philosophy of Soren K...
the elements that speak of such disappointments. The paper finishes with a brief discussion of the works discussed. Story of an ...
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...
will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...