The song “Dollhouse” (by Melanie Martinez) depicts a dysfunctional family trying to portray themselves as the perfect family. In the beginning of the song‚ a girl is playing with her dolls in her dollhouse. Everything appears to be normal‚ but as she turns away the dolls come to life and reveal their true identity. The song labels the family of four individually with the narrator being the daughter. The first member of the family described is the mother. She is a raging alcoholic who is self-medicating
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A Dollhouse was written by Henrik Isben‚ he had many themes that came out throughout the play and I think one important theme was the role of women and how they sacrifice themselves. In 1879 around Christmas time in the time of Circa the Helmer family is limited to the general values of their living era. The author represents that the women are less important to men and shows that the role of a women is to sacrifice herself. For example‚ Nora’s is “Obligated” to please her husband. Ibsen also uses
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It’s now been eight days; eight days since the beginning of this madness. Eight days of hysteria in our beloved town and now I must call upon you again‚ Abigail‚ for the final time. It all started those eight long days ago‚ when I visited Reverend Parris‚ your uncle‚ in the heart of Salem. I came to visit your sick cousin Betty as I had heard she was ill. However‚ I got more than I bargained for and left as quickly as I came. When I first saw your cousin Betty I was in shock; not shocked that
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Honor in marriage is a state of holding supreme levels of respect and self-respect for one self and one another. Honor is earned through esteemed behaviour‚ benevolent and just conduct‚ courage and integrity. In both “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen and Medea by Euripides‚ the author shows the significance of honor in marriage and how the lack of it jeopardizes a relationship. The positive and negative role of honor is similar in both pieces of literature which is depicted through Medea and Nora’s
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Entry 1 I’ve returned from the dreadful war in which entrapped me. I’m set free and life has resumed. But it’s still has been miserable. I had high hopes and was ready to return to normalcy. Anything but that happened. My wife had our third child‚ a girl‚ who was the most beautiful baby I’ve ever seen. But it wasn’t the right time. The flu had been sweeping the streets and I’d hear about another death each day. I tried so hard to keep her safe‚ to keep her healthy. But eventually it spread to our
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started crying and ran to me and i held his hand as we walked with the men. We left the school and and got into the police car. The police was very nice and gave my brother a sucker to calm him down. After about fifteen minutes we arrived at my house. There were many policemen in my driveway. I saw them put my dad in cuffs and take him to the cop car. Sam started crying again and i may have shed a tear or two. THis cop Named Dave took us inside and sat us down. He began asking us questions. Many
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Today is Thursday December 16‚ 1773. The air seems to have a cold crisp to it‚ and the wind sending chills down your spine. Winter here in Boston was always cold‚ but the worst part of this winter was that parliament had just appealed all other taxes on us colonists‚ except for the tea. This past year has been miserable‚ taxes on tea‚ clothing‚ textiles‚ and food‚ this has resulted the patriots resenting England’s parliament and the once cherished King. The stress of paying for these overly priced
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The couple were twenty minutes into their meal before they realised the roast they were enjoying was actually their baby. I apologise. The above statement may be a little confusing for you‚ but let me explain and I promise‚ it will all make sense. You see‚ I had been caring for the Brown’s baby‚ Claire‚ for almost two months. On Sunday‚ my mobile rang. Looking at the caller ID told me it was Claire’s mum‚ Katie. “Hello?” “Hi‚ Anna? It’s Katie.” “Hello‚ Katie. It’s lovely
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I pry my eyes open after yet another restless night. For a fleeting moment‚ I feel peaceful as my body lays completely still and my thoughts are silenced; unfortunately‚ the brief moment of serenity quickly fades‚ leaving in its place a sense of gut wrenching guilt. These days‚ it seems to be the only emotion that I am capable of feeling. Images of Duncan’s bloodied body appear in my mind and I feel a wave of nausea hit me. My fingers instinctively wrap around the candle by my bedside. I let out
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Diary Entry 1 I could tell Tai’s grieving period would be considerable‚ unless I found someone to take Elton’s place right away. The next day in class a new guy named Christian came into my class and he was hot. Okay‚ okay I know I said I would find a guy for Tai‚ but I suppose there’s no harm in finding one for myself also. During the next few weeks I did what any normal girl would do. I sent myself love letters‚ flowers and candy. Just so he’d see how desired I was. Just in case he didn’t already
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