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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...

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...

many women who watched this play and related well to Nora, though they were perhaps in a position where they would never speak out...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...

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

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...

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

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...

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

father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...

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

standing up rights and truth. In Henrik Ibsens play "A Dolls House" there are many symbols which represent different aspect...

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

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

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...

This paper compares how masculinity is portrayed in 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' by T.S. Eliot and in A Doll's House by H...

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...

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

In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...