YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Early Feminist Writings by Chopin and Ibsen
Essays 121 - 150
is certain he will. Nora then discloses how she borrowed the money for their trip to Italy and has been struggling to pay it back ...
This paper consists of five pages and considers Victorian masculinity in Ibsen's characterization of Torvald Helmer and Modernist ...
that she engages in issues that were considered to be taboo for women back in those days; however, it is no longer her concern how...
the norm. It was something that perhaps stemmed from the authors fear, but for whatever the reason he created this female monster ...
This paper examines concepts of paradox and passion, women's social position, and individual autonomy in the philosophy of Soren K...
partner. He makes frequent animal comparisons to his wife, referring to her as "my little lark" (43) or "my squirrel" (44). Thes...
This paper examines Shakespeare's play, King Lear, as well as Ibsen's work, Ghosts to discuss madness and delusion as common theme...
eye-opening realization that throughout her life, the men that ruled over her, first her father and then her husband, never actual...
more of a servant to her husband than a partner. Policies, both domestic and economic, were set by the husband, and the wife acte...
coincidence and picturesque contrast" (A Dolls House) punctuated by his use of language plays a significant role in identifying No...
with that described in her "Vindication". Henrik Ibsen wrote "A Dolls House" in 1879 during a time when womens rights were ...
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...
her position of being pregnant. Through this pregnancy, her ability to be incredibly fertile, she is truly trapped in a world that...
The more involved Willie becomes in politics, the more corrupt he becomes. This is because he acquires knowledge on how the game i...
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...
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...
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, ...
not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...
pianists hand that the "music seems almost to play itself" (Machlis 84). Therefore, it is probably not surprising that so many o...
her emotions to get the better of her. But, then again, if one looks back in history, at the time this story was written, that hea...
the beginning of the novel? Why does Edna not try to follow the same path as her artistic mentor, Mm. Reisz, who lives the indepen...
is primarily tied to their being a Slavic people. The author indicates that the Slavs settled "beside the Danube, where the Hungar...
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one could present. In Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper her story, which is fictional, is actually based largely on her own experienc...
grows a bit fearful. "There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully...she felt it, creeping out of the s...
seeking to do business in the area. These included restrictions, such as not being allowed to learn Chinese, only being able to li...
later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...
She was the eldest of seven children and, though the family was well-established, they had fallen on hard times (Kate Chopin, A Wo...
but Augustine lacked "the sincere desire of being heard," so that when he got to Carthage the city seduced him (Portalie, 2004). ...
is set on Grand Isle in Louisiana and the Gulf plays a large part in the narrative. We learn that Edna is very fond of music and ...