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However, Antigone dared to do just that. Her brothers Polyneices and Eteocles fought on opposite sides and when both were killed ...

you think, I should not have you, even if you asked to come...apparently the laws of the gods mean nothing to you" (Sophocles). ...

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...

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

an absent father. Although it is not obvious, her fathers absence lies at the bottom of her plight. To support her sick mother and...

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 Norway. Interestingly, Ibsen observed a year before the completion of A Dolls House in his text Notes for a Modern Tragedy, "T...

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

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

and the people they know are not perfect. This offers us realism in a very powerful manner. At the same time, however, it is also ...

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...

her own backbone and eventually would have left Torvald. Krogstad does not purposely cause the marital strife, some would argue, b...

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

part of his micro-manipulation of Noras behavior. For example, he jokingly calls her his "Miss Sweet Tooth" as he grills her about...

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...

one of the most essential elements of sacrifice, especially in a religious context, is that the action is performed willingly, and...

husband Torvald, belittle their women and define their mates based on their potential as a companion, housekeeper, and the ability...

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...

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...

In seven pages this paper compares protagonists in each play in a consideration of what they reveal about women's roles. Two sour...

In six pages this paper examines how the play of children is metaphorically depicted in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. Three sou...

The ways in which confinement in its various forms such as psychological, social, financial, and emotional are thematically repres...

In four pages this paper examines how the playwright represents social issues in this 19th century dramatic play....

In 5 pages this paper assesses the realism of the premise of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and its conclusion. There are 4 sourc...

himself as child was to give puppet performances, for his siblings as well as for other children in the town. Think of how a pupp...

Nora Helmer and Hedda Gabler are contrasted and compared in 5 pages in terms of life perceptions, relationships, intellect, and pe...

should convey a sense of the strength that is reflected in Nora. The adornments and the furnishings are only accessories to the s...

In six pages these two female protagonists are contrasted and compared with their respective self images also considered. There a...

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

In five pages this paper examines the relationship between society and the individual as represented by the female protagonists of...