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Irony of Social Criticism in Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts

In five pages this paper considers the way these playwrights revealed social criticism through the irony of their respective plays...

Social Criticism and Irony in Plays by Anton Chekhov and Henrik Ibsen

In five pages this paper discusses how in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and in Ibsen's Ghosts the playwrights are able to convey so...

Identity Need of Women in the Plays of Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov

This paper discusses women's need for their own identity as considered by Anton Chekhov in Three Sisters and Henrik Ibsen in A Dol...

The Brute by Chekhov

Mrs. Popov is likely a respectable woman who understands the etiquette of the day, which is what the audience will likely see (Che...

William Shakespeare's As You Like It and Aphra Behn's Rover

but she keeps her emotions in check so that she can carry off her masquerade as a man. When Rosalind confronts the Dukes accusat...

Euripides' Medea and Ibsen's Nora

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...

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov'

In five pages the last play written by Anton Chekhov is examined in terms of its development of Russia's social and political chan...

The Problem of Free Will and How It is Treated in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...

Irony, Plot, and Characterization of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

follow; and without irony, there would exist no sense of the dramatic. II. CHARACTERIZATION In Ibsens A Doll House, the characte...

Symbolism and Henrik Ibsen

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...

Analysis of Anton Chekhov's Plays

In ten pages this paper analyzes the themes and style of Chekhov's plays Three Sisters and The Seagull. Seven sources are cited i...

Passive Women and Active Men in Ibsen and Pope

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Henrik Ibsen's 'Ghosts' and Alexander Pope's 'Rape of the Lock' are comparatively examined in ter...

Comparing Chekhov, Nabokov & Viramontes

that reveals to the reader a great deal about the characters involved. Pelagea is deeply in love with her husband, Yegor Anton Che...

Society in Chekhov’s The Lady with the Dog

the Russian culture has long remained something of a mystery as well. Even despite the seemingly mysterious nature of Russian l...

Meaning and Literature

The stories being examined, by Chekhov and Mansfield, are clearly two stories that truly delve into the inner being of an individu...

Lady with Lapdog

and one could well envision how Chekhovs character, Gurov, may well have married for something other than love. "He had been talke...

Provincialism: Gogol, Chekhov

Using Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls and Anton Chekhov's The Duel, the writer discusses how each author addresses the topic of Russian...

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov #2

In an essay consisting of five pages Chekhov's and Stanislavsky's views of the play are compared with the argument being that acco...

Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)

Security; Governance Rule of Law & Human Rights; Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Education; Health; Agriculture & Rural Develo...

The Idea of Marriage Expressed in Three Plays.

This 5 page paper discusses the portrayal of marriage in three plays: A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen; The Marriage of Olype by Aug...

Self Image of Women in the Works of Kate Chopin and Henrik Ibsen

hotel owners son Robert, whose role in life seems to be entertaining the young wives while maintaining a safe enough distance so n...

Brand by Henrik Ibsen, Community and the Individual

In 5 pages this paper discusses Henrik Ibsen's obscure play and considers how this theme is reflected in the drama's characters. ...

Love and Marriage Disappointments

the elements that speak of such disappointments. The paper finishes with a brief discussion of the works discussed. Story of an ...

Feminist Theory in Ibsen's, A Doll's House

than an idiot, indicating that he had no real knowledge of who she was. However, as the story progresses she slowly began to emerg...

Antigone of Sophocles and Nora of Ibsen

not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...

Character and Setting in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

her shell, showing her intelligence and her need to be independent and the fact that her husband will not accept and appreciate wh...

A Doll’s House, Trifles and Keeping Secrets

of the men involved. The men want things in absolutes, black and white; the women can tolerate ambiguity. In Noras case, things ar...

Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and Marriage

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

Theories of Henrik Ibsen and Soren Kierkegaard

This paper examines concepts of paradox and passion, women's social position, and individual autonomy in the philosophy of Soren K...

Comparative Analysis of Kate Chopin's 'The Storm and 'Story of An Hour' with Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House

her husbands life seems threatened Nora does the right thing by forging her fathers name and getting money to assist her husband. ...