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of Norway. Interestingly, Ibsen observed a year before the completion of A Dolls House in his text Notes for a Modern Tragedy, "T...
of the manipulative nature of Hedda and how she uses those around her for her own selfish purposes. She wants to live a comfortabl...
her position of being pregnant. Through this pregnancy, her ability to be incredibly fertile, she is truly trapped in a world that...
serves to foil Nora in Acts I and II by tearing down Noras optimistic attitude with her own weighty pessimism. Mrs. Linde has not...
"Two years later the masterpiece Brand was produced and shortly after, he left Norway, spending the better part of his life in Ita...
to represent his wifes ideal, and she was expected to follow his lead without question. In societys view, a woman was incapable o...
of society with fewer rights than a woman was a child. Torvald would welcome his wife home from a shopping trip with condescendin...
an absent father. Although it is not obvious, her fathers absence lies at the bottom of her plight. To support her sick mother and...
But the community corporate sector, represented by Peter; Hovstad, who is editor of the Peoples Messenger newspaper that is intere...
many women who watched this play and related well to Nora, though they were perhaps in a position where they would never speak out...
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...
53). However, when he discovers Nora and her involvement in certain business matters, he is forced to realize that she has done fa...
beneath, the concept of such themes will satisfy most readers and explicators of fiction, there may be hidden, deeper meanings in ...
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...
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...
When he comes back out he says "Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?" (Ibsen). From this simple beginning we alre...
In five pages this paper examines how humiliation is used as a theme in Ibsen's play and Hawthorne's novel. Two sources are cited...
In 5 pages this paper examines the feminist aspects of these plays in an analysis of the plot structures of each. There are no ot...
male dominance. Heddas immoral, destructive character is a direct product of the oppressiveness of a patriarchal society. As a m...
In four pages this paper examines how the playwright represents social issues in this 19th century dramatic play....
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...
In six pages these two female protagonists are contrasted and compared with their respective self images also considered. There a...
In seven pages this paper compares protagonists in each play in a consideration of what they reveal about women's roles. Two sour...
chance to marry and would fight amongst other females for this dubious honor. She would also seem to be showing that in each case ...
standing up rights and truth. In Henrik Ibsens play "A Dolls House" there are many symbols which represent different aspect...
Nora Helmer and Hedda Gabler are contrasted and compared in 5 pages in terms of life perceptions, relationships, intellect, and pe...
In all honesty, Dr. Stockmann fails to think outside his scientific reasoning. He is, in a sense, blind to those who do not believ...
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...