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This paper discusses how Henrik Ibsen's play "A Doll's House" holds an unsurpassed place in the history of women's emancipation movement. The fact that it was a man who wrote this and not a woman lends it even further credibility since it highlights the truth that pain and anguish of women are not only felt by women themselves but by all perceptive empathetic individuals. It examines how the play appeared in 1879 when women were still completely suppressed and success of marriage was dependent on women's obedience, subservience and silence and how it was in such times that Ibsen came forward with a completely refreshing viewpoint on the issue.

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"Females like Nora did not find heavy presence in literature and the few cases where they did, social norms still heavily influenced their acceptance. For this reason Nora's role gained immense significance in theatrical circles especially among the younger generation, many of who accepted Nora's words as their pearls of wisdom. She became a role model for younger women and the importance of her role in triggering the revolution for emancipation cannot be denied. Critics feel that subjugation of women in the 19th century could be attributed to their financial dependence. Since they were not participating in the economic activity, they had only their husbands to rely on for monetary assistance."

Tags:nora, feminism, subjugation

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This paper looks at a poem "My Life Is a Doll House" that contains many poetry elements and devices including: rhythm, rhyme, personification, meter, similie and metaphor. In addition, this paper includes all of the terms and definitions of each poetry device. Within the poem, the paper highlights each poetry device so that the reader can easily see which poetry device was used.

Tags:poetry, metaphor, rhythm

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The writer of this paper examines how through the various portrayals of women, literary works succeeded in depicting the oppression, discrimination and submissiveness of women in society. This paper discusses the manner in which literature has resolved certain issues of oppression in women, while also illustrating the manner in which male characters, in numerous works of writing, have come to accept the rights and privileges of women. The writer explains how the process of alienation from society and the inner self, in women, is evident in both the writings of Gilman and Ibsen. In both works, the female protagonists are shown to experience various forms of alienation. This paper delves into how the women, in both novels, managed to emancipate themselves from the oppression and discrimination that they experienced, in their own surroundings. The writer of this paper contends that both Gilman and Ibsen's writings reflect similar themes of dissociation of one's self. Gilman's female narrator resorted to insanity, a form of psychological dissociation, in order to escape the prison-like conditions of her marriage, while Nora, in Ibsen's novel, separated herself from her husband, a metaphorical dissociation, in order to gain her freedom.

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"Finding no recourse or way to express her true feelings and thoughts, the Narrator began reflecting on her oppression through the yellow wallpaper patterns on the walls of her room: "The front pattern does move-and no wonder! The woman behind shakes it! Sometimes I think there are a great many women behind, and sometimes only one, and she crawls around fast...and in the very shady spots she just takes hold of the bars and shakes them hard." This passage can be interpreted in two ways: seeing the woman within the wallpaper patterns may signify her dissociation from herself psychologically by succumbing to insanity. However, this process may also be construed as her way of breaking out of the prison that is her marriage, the oppression she felt being dominated by John and the limits that marriage had put on her as a woman."

Tags:literarure, analysis, review, women, comparison, themes, marriage, male, female, oppression

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The paper explores why Nora put up with Torvald's behavior. The paper explains that Nora lived in a time where women had few rights, and if they chose to be separated or divorced, they would have no income or a place to live. The paper therefore shows that in this case, Nora was right to be tolerant and to use every means at her disposal to change her husband's misogynistic behaviors.

Tags:ibsen, dolls, house

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This paper looks at how lack of trust and honesty leads Nora and Torvald Helmer down a long path to destruction. It explains that the play gives a picture of a marriage relationship that comes apart when a crisis reveals the lack of trust and the resulting deception that was present. Nora and Torvald Helmer have been married for eight years, but have filled those years playing the role of what society would have said was a happily married couple. It shows how a lack of trust and honesty has left them as strangers without a firm relationship to hold them together.

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"The crisis occurs when it is revealed that years earlier, Nora had forged her father's name to acquire a loan. The money was needed to take her husband to Italy so he could recuperate from a life threatening illness. Torvald felt that to borrow would result in "Something of freedom lost - and something of beauty, too - from a home that's founded on borrowing and debt" (1569). So, with the help of Nils Krogstad, a bank clerk, Nora had secretly taken out the loan. Now Krogstad, in retaliation for Torvald firing him from his job at the bank, threatens to make it public that the loan was obtained by forgery. This turns Nora's life to turmoil."

Tags:deception, doll, henrick, house, ibson, nora, torvald

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"The protagonists in A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams; 1947) and A Doll House (Henrik Ibsen; 1879) are both women who are thwarted in their goals by male antagonists. However, Nora Helmer in A Doll House is able to transcend her situation through learning to depend on herself, whereas in A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche DuBois' continuing dependence upon others prevents her from approaching true fulfillment. This paper will show that Nora overcomes her situation because she has an inner strength and sense of independence that Blanche lacks. Throughout A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche remains dependent upon men for validation of her life. By contrast, Nora becomes independent from her husband at the end of A Doll House. For Blanche, the end of A Streetcar Named Desire is tragic; she loses her hold on reality and must be taken away to an asylum. The..."

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The paper examines Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and Susan Glaspell's "Trifles" and shows how these two plays demonstrate how males used to reject the power and emancipation of women and underestimate their wives' potential. The paper believes that "A Doll's House" and "Trifles" are adequate representations of early feminism, as both plays illustrate how a woman is not able to be herself in a predominantly male society.

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"Both "A Doll's House" and "Trifles" are plays described as landmarks of early feminism. The authors of the plays demonstrate the opinion that women are not able to manifest their true personalities in the contemporary world because males dominate such a society by imposing their rules and power. In a prevailing male society, women's sacrificial roles emerge, and this prevents females from manifesting their identity and imposing their emotions and impulses. The two plays have rather similar points in depicting the specific nature of men and women, their relationship with one another, and their role in society."

Tags:power, emancipation, marriage, males, society

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The paper looks at Marge Peircy's "Barbie Doll" that is an examination of the impact that society has on the female gender through the expectations that society places on this population from the time of birth. The paper then examines Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal Woman", that contends that women should be viewed as proud and strong individuals that have influence over their own lives and the lives of those around them. The paper highlights how unlike Peircy, who works to express the oppression of the female gender, Angelou provides a picture of the power of women through simply being in existence.

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"Marge Peircy's "Barbie Doll" is an examination of the impact that society has on the female gender through the expectations that society places on this population from the time of birth. The prevailing idea is that all females are supposed to exhibit the perfect Barbie doll image in order to be socially acceptable and considered a "real" female. Ironically, however, the understanding that Barbie is a plastic doll that has been molded by the human hand does not register in the minds of individuals who support this theory, as is demonstrated through Peircy's poem. In Maya

Tags:angelou, piercy, poem

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This paper discusses the marriage of Nora and Torvald in Henrik Ibsen's play 'A Doll's House', noting that the marriage is typical to the ones during the 1870's where the man wears the pants in the family and the wife basically does everything her husband tells her to do. The paper describes how Nora was raised to be completely dependent on the men in her life and, in particular, looks at how Nora must question the foundation of everything she believes in when her marriage is put to the test.

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"Nora had no worries of her secret coming out even after admitting it to Mrs. Linde. But her confidence quickly went away when Torvald decided that he was going to fire Krogstad from his bank. With Krogstad angry about the fact that he may lose his job, he then threatens Nora that if he indeed loses his job at the bank, that he will tell her husband about the crime she committed. Nora tries to convince Torvald to not fire Krogstad but her requests are quickly shut down. Torvald tells her, "The more you plead for him, the more impossible you make it for me to keep him on. It's already known at the bank that I am going to give Krogstad his notice. If it ever got around that the new manager had been talked by his wife......" (Ibsen 42), he doesn't want to made fun of for listening to his wife."

Tags:Krogstad

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This paper examines Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and, in particular, describes at his interpretation of the standing of women in society. It looks at how Ibsen metaphorically chains women into tightly bound packages who have had their actions, their inner values and morals and even their individual thoughts greatly affected by the suffocating rules imposed by society.

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"Nora has been chained so long by Society that even her thoughts are affected. She thinks only of herself and her family, and she cares not what rules there are if they don't impinge on her little world. She is living in a bubble. She thinks that she can do as she pleases and when her husband is taken ill, she borrows money to save his life by taking a vacation to a warmer climate. She has no understanding of how their situation affects their lives, and she doesn't know or care how the Law will see her resulting actions to get the money she needs to fix the problem. She doesn't want to upset her father who is dying, and refuses to tell her husband how ill he is, so she tries to be manly and take the responsibility on her own."

Tags:honor, marriage, relationship