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Henrick Ibsen?s ?A Doll?s House?, 2004.
This paper discusses the relationship of husband and wife, Nora and Torvald, in Henrick Ibsen?s ?A Doll?s House?.
800 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper explains that, as Henrick Ibsen?s play, ?A Doll?s House?, progresses, the relationship between Nora and Torvald Helmer changes from that of a well-to-do husband and wife with cheerful children who seem to live the happy marriage life. The author points out that, towards the middle of the play, Nora seems to step away from her fantasy life, observing the fact that she is concerned about what her husband thinks of her. The paper relates that, during the third act, Nora finally opens her eyes to realize that her life with Torvald is over; and, as the play ends, she walks out of her "doll's house" into her new world of dependence, leaving Torvald to raise his three children on his own.
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"In the beginning of the play, Nora is a doll in her husband?s eyes. She is a trophy he has won. He wants to keep his trophy pretty, pampered, and kept on a high pedestal. When he talks to his wife, he treats her like a little girl. He feels as if Nora should no nothing about their financial situation or any important issues in the household. It is a man?s job in life to take care of the family. Torvald adores his wife, but treats her like she is not on the same level as him. "Look, Nora, in lots of things, you're still a child. I'm older than you in many ways and I've had a little more experience" (Act 2, pg. 184). He has pet names for her such as skylark, squirrel and featherbrain."
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'A Doll's House' and "Sonny's Blues' Compared, 2006.
A look at the similarities and differences in the main characters in Henrik Ibsen's play "A Doll's House" and James Baldwin's story "Sonny's Blues".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper compares the main characters in Henrik Ibsen's play "A Doll's House" and James Baldwin's story "Sonny's Blues", noting that the world inhabited by the characters in Ibsen's "The Doll's House" and that of the characters in James Baldwin's "Sonny Blues" are very different and widely separated in time and place.
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"The world inhabited by the characters in Ibsen's A Doll's House and that of the characters in James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues" are very different, widely separated in time and place. In each case, however, the main character, Nora in "A Doll's House" and Sonny in "Sonny's Blues," face a society that is changing and have some trouble dealing with the nature of this change and specifically with the changes they themselves are making. Nora makes a change more from necessity than desire, given her realization of the falseness of the world her husband has built for the family and desirous of asserting herself in a world where the old truths are shown to be hollow."
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"A Doll's House", 2004.
A literary review of "A Doll's House" by Ibsen.
1,049 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper discusses whether Ibsen's "A Doll's House" is still relevant today. The writer explains how Henrik Ibsen wrote "A Doll?s House" to reflect his views on society and demonstrates through every action of his characters in the story the ill-effects of Nora?s world. Ibsen shows the unjust society a woman was faced with during these times, and the writer here believes women are no longer forced to consult with their fathers and husbands.
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"While audiences in the 19th Century would have sympathized with him and scorned Nora, Ibsen demonstrates the unjust society a woman was faced with during these times. Nora was merely ?transplanted? from her father?s will and desire to her husband?s, and for this reason she feels she must leave and go find herself. These are actions that most certainly would have made her a social outcast, but Nora is willing to take these steps in exerting her independence and individuality."
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Feminism in "A Doll's House", 2003.
This paper explores the significance of the connections between Henrik Ibsen's play, "A Doll's House" and the rise of feminism.
735 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper explains how the behavior of Nora, the main character in "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen, is connected to the title in the sense that she is like a doll living in a doll's house. This lifestyle was common during the Victorian Era, the time period in which the play was written, and gave fuel to the fire of rising feminism. The paper shows that the play's most significant feature is the real-life change that it sparked in the lifestyles of women in the late nineteenth century.
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"A Doll?s House, written by Henrik Ibsen, is a play that shocked audiences upon its release. The author wrote it to say something about commonplace marriages that took place during the late nineteenth century. The title, A Doll?s House refers to the disempowered position of the wife in referring to her as a doll. This play helped to begin the feminist movement, where women began to stand up for themselves and question the legitimacy of the societal conditioning. What makes this play connected to feminism lies in its title, the fact that it was written during the Victorian Era, and the way it began the destruction of the gender roles that are still apparent today."
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Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House", 2006.
An analysis of the main character in Henrik Ibsen's famous play "A Doll's House".
2,733 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper analyzes Nora, the main character in "A Doll's House" and examines the different facets of her personality. The paper discusses both her businesswoman persona that she has kept secret and the little doll persona that she displays for her father and her husband. The paper also compares the story in "A Doll's House" to Ibsen's real life, pointing out similarities between the two and looks at similarities between dilemmas faced by today's women and the women that lived in the era of the novel. Finally, the paper concludes that Nora, in spite of the persona that she projected to her husband and father for so long, is actually a strong, flexible and proud woman.
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"In reading what other critics and readers have written about the character Norma Helmer, it appears that her character evolved or was in the process of evolving through out the play. Definitely, she like many women of the 19th Century, carefully hid her strength behind a sweet doll-like demeanor that was at best a fabrication to placate the expectations of her domineering husband and the belief by society at large, that women were weak silly creatures. On the other hand, in presenting this persona, Nora also lied to herself about her own strength and until she revealed herself, she denied her husband the right of the spouse to really know whom he really married. But then maybe Torvald did not really want to know the darker and stronger side of Nora. He was an unappreciative boor for all of her hard work in his name. So we really see the two central characters as they really are at the end of the play. Nora is strong, flexible but proud, and Torvald is a priggish weak egotistical person."
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"A Doll's House", 2002.
A study of the themes and characters in Henrik Ibsen's revolutionary 19th century drama "A Doll's House".
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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The author of this paper shows how in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" the home of Nora and Torvald Helmer is a microcosm of society at large and specifically, society's prevalent sexual divide. He points out that, like dolls in a dollhouse, every character is incomplete: they are fragile, have faults and are easily breakable. The paper shows how Ibsen, who considered himself a social commentator, enters the realm of realism and that the symbolism in "A Doll's House" enhances the realism.
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"The independence that Nora demonstrates towards the end of the play so shook up the establishment that the production of "A Doll's House" in Germany was not allowed in its original form. In the German version, Nora does not slam the door in Torvald's face and storm out into an uncertain future with steely determination. She takes one look at her children and her resolve melts away into uncertainty and self pity. She relents and stays home. In Sweden, social invitations came with an admonition that "A Doll's House" should not be discussed. Ibsen was incensed at this threat to the basic integrity of the play; he called such a reaction "barbaric." (Ibsen & Kildal, 1911)"
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"A Doll's House", 2005.
An analysis of the theme of feminism in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This analysis of Henrik Ibsen's drama, "A Doll's House" provides a feminist critique of the play and in particular, the reasons why Nora is willing to sacrifice her security, her home, the children she loves and the husband she no longer loves in the name of autonomy and self-expression. The analysis also includes a discussion of Victorian norms and gender roles that limit such autonomy and self-expression.
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"This paper was to explore feminism in the Victorian era as it is illustrated in Ibsen's A Doll's House. The writer reflected on contemporary norms and gender roles to gain insight into the even more limiting norms and gender roles.."
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"A Doll's House": Two Characters, 2002.
A comparison of the characters of Nora and Christine in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House".
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the characters of Nora and Christine in Henrik Ibsen's classic play, "A Doll's House". It can be seen that the character of Nora grows to detest being forced to remain in a predominantly matriarchal role with limited freedom, while Christine seeks to achieve this role through remarrying.
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"A Doll's House", 2002.
A discussion of Henrik Ibsen's drama "A Doll House" and the way that society affects the behavior of Nora and Torvald.
2,751 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 82.95
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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."
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?A Doll's House?, 2002.
An analysis of the character of Nora in Henrik Ibsen?s ?A Doll's House?.
1,590 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper examines Ibsen?s ?A Doll?s House?, the story of Nora Helmer, a woman who has been given a certain role in society and has never had the opportunity to question that role or determine who she really is. It evaluates how one of the major themes of the play is self identity, versus the role that society places upon people and how this theme is expressed through the changing character of Nora. It discusses Nora?s character and her transformation through the story showing how her transformation is really just a change in the role she chooses to play and not a change in her actual character.
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"These events are the ones that change Nora?s character so that she begins to become aware of herself. At the beginning of the play, Nora is a child, by the end she has become aware of the situation and has matured enough to understand that she needs to find out who she is It is in the play itself that we see her grow up, when her beliefs about her husband are finally shattered and she comes to a new understanding. She then comes to see that her father and her husband have seen her as a doll to be played with and that she is not seen as someone with her own opinions or her own will. She realizes that her whole life has been based on illusion, not reality. It is this realization that forces her to make her brave choice at the end and decide to leave her husband."
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Feminism in "A Doll's House", 2003.
A look at the treatment of women in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper examines the treatment of women in Henrik Ibsen's drama, "A Doll's House". It also looks at the behavior and actions of the sheltered wife Nora and the causes of Nora's transformation as a character.
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"Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House is almost certainly not as shocking to those who read it today as it was when it was first published. In many ways general public attitudes have caught up with Ibsen's own so that his play now appears to express what man..."
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A Doll House and Medea, 2005.
An examination of the concepts of feminine and masculine in "A Doll House" by Ibsen and Euripides's "Medea".
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The paper looks at the characters in the two works "A Doll House" by Ibsen and "Medea" by Euripides. It examines the way the characters act and their relationships, and draws conclusions of whether males are active and females passive. Both works are interesting in the ways they portrays the very differing roles of the men and women of the time.
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"In this essay I have chosen to work with the concepts active and passive and to critically explore the active and passive characteristics of the persons in A Doll House and Medea. The essay will also examine the relationship between the two concepts, the two texts (A Doll House and Medea), and the Western concepts of feminine and masculine. The essay will argue that the two texts and its main characters both sustain and challenge the Western notion that active is associated with masculinity while the passive is associated with femininity as well as the Western concept of 'feminine' and 'masculine' in general."
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Nora's Development in "A Doll's House", 2005.
A consideration of Nora as a developing character in Ibsen's "A Doll's House."
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper examines the character of Nora as a developing character in Henrik Ibsen's play, "A Doll's House". In particular, it examines how Nora deceives both herself and Torvald as she realizes she is more as a person than just a housewife.
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"In Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House the character of Nora undergoes a transformation during the play as she develops from a supposedly happy but unaware house wife to a woman who comes to understand her potential as an individual in her own right ."
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"A Doll's House", 2006.
An analysis of gender and Marxist criticisms of "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen.
1,021 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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In the play "A Doll's House," writer Henrik Ibsen centered on the development of protagonist Nora Helmer's character, as she shifted from being a materialistic, self-centered and submissive wife to being a willful and independent woman. This paper examines how both gender and Marxist analyses can be applied as literary theories in discussing Ibsen's play because both centers on two important themes in the literary work: power play between the male and female sexes, not to mention the socio-economic control that males seemed to have over females, particularly in Nora's case.
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"Nora's submissiveness and evident dominance of Torvald, Dr Rank, and Krogstad was shown in Acts I and II. In the first act, Torvald showed his low regard for his wife Nora when he referred to her as his "my little skylark" and "my little squirrel" when they were discussing issues about money. The playful manner he regarded his wife while questioning her about money matters made Nora look like a child who had committed offense against Torvald, giving the reader the impression that their marital relationship was not based on mutualism and equality, but was rather dependent upon Torvald's implicit dominance and Nora's willingness to become submissive for the sake of being given the money that she needed."
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"A Doll?s House", 2005.
An analysis of the theme of love and marriage in "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen.
699 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 24.95
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This paper examines how in Henrik Ibsen's play, "A Doll's House," Torvald and Nora Helmer are characters used to illustrate a marriage that doesn't work out. It looks at how within the story, it is the lack of love, communication and trust that ruins Torvald and Nora's marriage.
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"One of the main ingredients of a relationship is communication. You need to get to know your partner through communication. It was quite obvious that Torvald and Nora both lacked skills in communication. As Nora and Torvald were talking, Nora said, "We've been together eight years now. Don't you realize that this is the first time we two, you and I, man and wife, have talked together seriously" (543)? To Nora's disadvantage, she was a wife in the late 1900's, which meant Nora had little say to begin with. Ibsen makes it seem as if Nora had finally given up on the communication side of marriage by going behind her husband's back to borrow money without speaking about the issues with him first. "
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