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her husband, but she commits fraud when she signs her fathers name to the bond (Ibsen, 2004). (We can assume that her father was w...
serves to foil Nora in Acts I and II by tearing down Noras optimistic attitude with her own weighty pessimism. Mrs. Linde has not...
normal and average. Nora is a woman who is seen as nothing more than a simple creature. Her husband often refers to her in cond...
and changes his mind. He will not sacrifice his only daughter because of Menelaus unfaithful wife. (The impetus behind the Trojan ...
he looked at the possibility that a woman, finding herself in a loveless marriage and living a life as an overprotected wife, was ...
she develops the illusion of her identity slowly vanishes. She is slowly seen as an intelligent woman who desires more from life t...
She relies on him for everything, from movements to thoughts, much like a puppet who is dependent on its puppet master for all of ...
beginning of the story she is simply a doll, a pretty thing that plays her role as the good wife and mother. As one author notes, ...
as "little skylark twittering." Her husband calls her "little featherbrain," "little scatterbrain," "squirrel sulking", and "song ...
coincidence and picturesque contrast" (A Dolls House) punctuated by his use of language plays a significant role in identifying No...
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 pertains to Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and discusses the character of Nora. Five pages in length, four sources are cited...
in order to obtain the loan. At this point in the nineteenth century, married women were not allowed to own property or carry out ...
when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). Her husband...
are no different in this regard, inasmuch as they are inherently diverse by nature yet are also further divided by social dictates...
One could argue that perhaps Ibsen told the press he was not a feminist in order to get the media off his back, but the...
with his manly independence, to know he owed me anything!" (Ibsen Act I). When Torvald finds out about her deception and the sca...
This essay indicates that Barry Witham and John Lutterbie's Marxist analysis of "The Doll's House" is accurate and provides insigh...
and makes his way to her dressing room. He knocks, but then quickly enters the room, knowing that she is expecting him. The dan...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the works by Henrik Ibsen and Franz Kafka in a consideration of each author's pres...
for bearing her brother in accordance with the dictates of tradition and Greek religious practice. Citing feminist histori...
She is disgusted by the fact that she must respond to the blackmailer, but also proud that she has defended her husband and her li...
society (Books and Writers). "He did not much believe in the possibility of individual freedom but emphasized the importance of ex...
man is that he truly loves his wife and he is a noble and sensitive man. Unfortunately he has a weakness and that is his love of h...
the way the authors developed the theme of appearance vs. reality in their plays, I was trying to show the distinct difference in ...
In 5 pages this paper discusses Henrik Ibsen's obscure play and considers how this theme is reflected in the drama's characters. ...
hostile public world. Yet, she confesses to a friend that she keeps her business activities a secret from him because it would be ...
The common theme of keeping secrets links these two characters in this five page paper. There are no other bibliographic sources ...
This paper consists of five pages and considers Victorian masculinity in Ibsen's characterization of Torvald Helmer and Modernist ...