Explore the presentation of Nora Helmer as a deceitful female character in “A doll’s house.” Compare and contrast your findings with the way Wilde presents his female protagonist Mrs. Arbuthnot in “A woman of no importance.” By Gheirey Mulliken Both “A doll’s house” by Henrik Ibsen and “A woman of no importance” by Oscar Wilde were about Nora Helmer and Rachel Arbuthnot (protagonists) and their role as; mothers‚ wives‚ and new women. They were written and performed in Victorian times‚ for a Victorian
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A Woman of No Importance – Pre 1945 Drama “Rachel‚ Gerald knows everything about you and me now‚ so some arrangement must be come to that will suit us all three. I assure you‚ he will find in me the most charming and generous of fathers.” This extract is about Lord Illingworth attempting to make Gerald his heir and offering to marry Mrs Arbuthnot. Lord Illingworth is at a disadvantage from the beginning‚ he has had to sneak past the maid‚ only to be spotted in the mirror. Mrs Arbuthnot even speaks
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The Story of Blima A Holocaust Survivor Blima was the narrotator of the story. She always thought bad of herself. She is 20 years old. She left school in 8th grade. Also‚ she has a twin brother. They sewing factoring was one of the settings in the story. Blima at the time didn’t know how to sew but said she did. She got to know one of the guards names Gizella when she asked Blima did she know how to sew and Blima said no. Gizella taught Blima how to sew and started to show Blima favoritism
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This study analyzes two stories outlined in the two books; New Year’s Sacrifice by Lu Xun and Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang. The two stories describe experiences of two women who go through different experiences that define their future. They suffer the adverse effects of traditional Chinese customs and practices though one has a happy ending while the other suffers to the very end. Though they lived in different cities and at various time‚ it is evident how society built prejudices against
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Paula’s voice‚ in which the entire novel is related‚ combines convincing staccato storytelling‚ slangy working-class diction‚ frank revelations‚ and agonized reconstruction of the past in sometimes profane and often touching tones. Here Paula remembers her teenaged self‚ both attracted and repelled by the man she will so disastrously marry: He was a ride. It was the best way to describe him‚ from the first time I heard of him to the last time I saw him. He wasn’t‚t gorgeous. There was never anything
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Prior to 1921‚ men were the only members of the Canadian parliamentary system. With the first Canadian women being elected into the Canadian parliament in 1921‚ women have had the ability to participate and become elected into the House of Commons. Since then‚ Canadian women’s participation in the House of Commons has substantially increased from 1 female seat holder in 1921 to the present day 64 seats held by women. Although this increase is seemed as substantial‚ the debate about the underrepresentation
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University of Human Development College of Languages/English Department Academic Year: 2011 - 2012 COURSE BOOK Fourth YEAR POETRY The Victorian and Modern Ages Lecturer: Enas R. Azghar Email: era201109@hotmail.com College Address: Department of English College of Languages CONTENTS Page: 1. Course description 3 2. Expected outcomes 3 3. Class procedure 3 4. Assessment and grading
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In the video on Sentimental Women Need Not Apply it made me think about how poorly nurses were treated in the past. Nursing has improved tremendously‚ but there are still some parts that it can improve on. The principles of nursing will always be the same such as caring and helping the patients. The thing that I learned from this video was that I was shocked that at the beginning of nursing it was segregated and before 150 years ago there was no nursing. I have always thought that nurses were just
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I was going through my old files and profile articles that I’ve written/published in magazines over the past couple of years and it struck me that I could collate some of the gems of insight they shared in an article. Many of the people have moved on to even greater success‚ but their words of wisdom remain relevant years afterwards. Here are some of success tips: I was going through my old files and profile articles that I’ve written/published in magazines over the past couple of years and
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Essay «Women’s rights» Nowadays there are so many social problems existing in the world. But today I would like to discuss one of the biggest problem‚ in my opinion - problem of women rights. It is nearly 200 hundred years since the problem of women’s rights started to discuss openly. Women rights are now the problem‚ on which many organisations and people worlwide are working‚ trying to solve it. Although there are very much improvments done for the last twenty or thirty years‚ there is
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