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and makes his way to her dressing room. He knocks, but then quickly enters the room, knowing that she is expecting him. The dan...

the two characters that are struggling to get back into it: Krogstad and Kristina. By comparison, we can see that Torvald deligh...

own. As a result of their inability to take responsibility for the prophecy they suffered at the hands of their son. Oedipus pu...

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

In five pages this paper discusses the similarities and differences in wifely roles between Desdemona in William Shakespeare's Oth...

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...

This research paper examines the character and dramatic function of "Tom" in Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menageri...

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...

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...

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...

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...

to represent his wifes ideal, and she was expected to follow his lead without question. In societys view, a woman was incapable o...

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

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

coincidence and picturesque contrast" (A Dolls House) punctuated by his use of language plays a significant role in identifying No...

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

that she has thoughts and ideas that are not necessarily normal for a simple woman. She has a fire, and that fire is the element o...

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 ...

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...

after the stories are done. In the beginning of both of the novels the women seem to be relatively happy, and perhaps ignorant, ...

her husband. She has little identity and really does not seem interested in finding much of an identity. However, as the story evo...

when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). Her husband...

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...

visit is an old school friend of the son and daughter. In the play there is a similar sense of expectation involving this man as T...

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...

In ten pages this paper discusses issues of blackmail, abandonment, marital rape, and divorce within the context of the role justi...

works, that Ibsen had a unique take on women. In fact, Baker-White notes that Ibsens realist plays had been subverted due to the u...