YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Self Discovery Journeys in the Works of Higuchi Ichiyo Leo Tolstoy and Henrik Ibsen
Essays 31 - 60
When he comes back out he says "Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?" (Ibsen). From this simple beginning we alre...
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...
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...
her husbands life seems threatened Nora does the right thing by forging her fathers name and getting money to assist her husband. ...
the elements that speak of such disappointments. The paper finishes with a brief discussion of the works discussed. Story of an ...
overlook the intimate clues that illustrate the wife killed him. The women, who have accompanied the men, slowly put the pieces to...
her shell, showing her intelligence and her need to be independent and the fact that her husband will not accept and appreciate wh...
Rosmer, haunts them. Both characters, as noted, feel they are the cause of the suicide of Mrs. Rosmer and by the end of the story...
her husband. She has little identity and really does not seem interested in finding much of an identity. However, as the story evo...
will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...
When she is speaking of the characters of Desdemona and Antigone, which is important to examine in order to compare to the charact...
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...
and his life. He does not allow, or expect her to be anything more. He berates her like a child for spending money and for eating ...
after the stories are done. In the beginning of both of the novels the women seem to be relatively happy, and perhaps ignorant, ...
of the men involved. The men want things in absolutes, black and white; the women can tolerate ambiguity. In Noras case, things ar...
in drama, as well as two of the most destructive. This paper compares and contrasts the plays that bear their names. Discussion H...
This essay pertains to the psychological journey that Tolstoy's protagonist undergoes and how he ultimately comes to the epiphany ...
been a scruffy collection of shabby hirelings and rich macho playboys who were footing the bill" (Hoaglund). Schaller is someone q...
nearly twenty years without complaint. Should that not account for something? As his pain intensifies, Ivan Ilych begins feeling...
Levin fears the worst, but both Kitty and their son are safe. At that moment, Levin undergoes an epiphany of understanding and rea...
from the traditional customs of her village and adopt more modern, urban ideas. For example, in her village, wives addressed their...
into death. Both characters are, for the most part, dismissed gradually by their family. They are ignored, and their loved...
then the damage to his children had been done. And, perhaps the only hope for them was to arrive at the sense of enlightenment tha...
The choices which Anna and Vronsky make are disastrous for both. Through these choices, however, Anna will come to recognize the ...
provide an excuse for allotting the largest share of his kingdom to Cordelia, his favorite. Lear states that the test is so that "...
death(The Death/synopsis). He simply lived his life like most people do: work, family, community. There was nothing else. Or was t...
victory, not a French one" (Bell 221). Undoubtedly, Tolstoys anger was also influenced by the fact that he had recently been fight...
his meaningless and mind-numbing job. Ivan Ilyich becomes aware that something "new and dreadful" was happening to him, somethin...
In five pages this paper examines how the characters of Emma Bovary and Ivan Ilych struggle to give their lives in decline meaning...