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not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...
father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...
However, Antigone dared to do just that. Her brothers Polyneices and Eteocles fought on opposite sides and when both were killed ...
This essay pertains to Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and discusses the character of Nora. Five pages in length, four sources are cited...
is able to whisk her husband off to a warmer climate, which has the desired effect and Torvald regains his good health. However, ...
She relies on him for everything, from movements to thoughts, much like a puppet who is dependent on its puppet master for all of ...
In three pages this paper compares and contrasts three major female theatrical protagonists Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Medea...
heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...
you think, I should not have you, even if you asked to come...apparently the laws of the gods mean nothing to you" (Sophocles). ...
In seven pages this paper examines the life and works of Sophocles with the emphasis upon Antigone....
This paper consists of six pages in which comparisons are made between Oedipus and Ibsen's heroine Nora Helmer along with a compar...
In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...
man is that he truly loves his wife and he is a noble and sensitive man. Unfortunately he has a weakness and that is his love of h...
enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...
for bearing her brother in accordance with the dictates of tradition and Greek religious practice. Citing feminist histori...
he would take a dim view of Jason abandoning his duty to his wife and children in favor of selfish gain. The chorus would be the...
(Logia.com). "Unmoved by the dissuading counsel of an affectionate but timid sister, and unable to procure assistance, she determi...
same as if it were a dolls house, it is built on illusion and fantasy. Within the dolls house Nora become the doll, possibly livin...
In six pages this essay considers the connection between Nora's self esteem and the bird imagery Ibsen employs in A Doll's House. ...
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...
the norm. It was something that perhaps stemmed from the authors fear, but for whatever the reason he created this female monster ...
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, ...
In seven pages this paper presents a character analysis of Nora Helmer as featured in Henrik Ibsen's social drama A Doll's House. ...
they professed to love, with Medea most certainly taking the deed to great extremes. It is important for the student to understan...
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...
she is essentially immersed in her role. But, as the story develops we begin to wonder if all of these characteristics of being ch...
position in the court was not higher than it was. He is the source of all conflict in the story for he presents Othello with subtl...
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...
When she is speaking of the characters of Desdemona and Antigone, which is important to examine in order to compare to the charact...