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he reminds her that that is still several months in the future (Ibsen). Her response is to suggest that they borrow what they need...

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...

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...

the way the authors developed the theme of appearance vs. reality in their plays, I was trying to show the distinct difference in ...

the way the authors developed the theme of appearance vs. reality in their plays, I was trying to show the distinct difference in ...

in order to obtain the loan. At this point in the nineteenth century, married women were not allowed to own property or carry out ...

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...

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...

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...

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

to her on the basis of her sex. To further complicate her situation, she was an exile from her primitive Colchis homeland, forced...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...

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

shall my purpose work on him" (Shakespeare I iii). From there on out we begin to realize that we, as the audience, are the only on...