What Are The Similarities Between 1984 And A Doll's House
An outcast can be found fighting with anything from their own family to their government. In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, the female lead is seen as a simple object that can be commanded to do anything with a wave of a hand. This kind of objectification is seen on a much grander scale in 1984, a novel by George Orwell, in which the main character realizes the government’s corrupt morals to conform the people. Although 1984’s Winston Smith and A Doll’s House’s Nora Helmer are both seen as simple pawns that can be controlled without any rebellion, they are up against wildly diverse opponents, and therefore experience different consequences. Nora Helmer is a caring wife, mother and friend. She is concerned of doing only the best for her family
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In his world, the government promotes a very particular way of thinking, in which whatever statement is true at that moment has always been true. Winston works in a part of a government ministry where he rewrites the past to correct any declarations previously made so that they no longer contradict the present conditions. The Party brainwashes people of freedom, which Winston is obsessed with ensuring he has. The streets are crawling with Thought Police, tattletale children, spies, telescreens and microphones, all of which will report even an iota of unusual or unsatisfactory behavior, so Winston is forced to put up a front and fake smile to ensure his safety. Winston is reminded during his mandatory morning exercise to “[n]ever show dismay! Never show resentment! A single flicker of the eyes could give you away” (Orwell 36). The Party monitors every action of every person during every second of every day, forbidding even a fraction of rebellion to live within its people. The society is to be perfectly, mindlessly content, unquestioning of anything. Even so, he has a plan to gather evidence of the brainwashing that the government institutes, join an organization that fights against the Party, and release everyone of their mindless rituals. He obtains one portion of evidence that the government has been meddling with the past,
In his world, the government promotes a very particular way of thinking, in which whatever statement is true at that moment has always been true. Winston works in a part of a government ministry where he rewrites the past to correct any declarations previously made so that they no longer contradict the present conditions. The Party brainwashes people of freedom, which Winston is obsessed with ensuring he has. The streets are crawling with Thought Police, tattletale children, spies, telescreens and microphones, all of which will report even an iota of unusual or unsatisfactory behavior, so Winston is forced to put up a front and fake smile to ensure his safety. Winston is reminded during his mandatory morning exercise to “[n]ever show dismay! Never show resentment! A single flicker of the eyes could give you away” (Orwell 36). The Party monitors every action of every person during every second of every day, forbidding even a fraction of rebellion to live within its people. The society is to be perfectly, mindlessly content, unquestioning of anything. Even so, he has a plan to gather evidence of the brainwashing that the government institutes, join an organization that fights against the Party, and release everyone of their mindless rituals. He obtains one portion of evidence that the government has been meddling with the past,