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    Drama Essay: The Meanings Behind Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” In the 21st or present century‚ the idea of a woman abandoning her children and husband to discover who she truly is would be viewed as a triumphant action. However‚ in the Victorian era‚ where the play “A Doll’s House” takes place‚ this event was unheard of and completely outrageous. Women mostly served the same purpose in every relationship and every household so the idea of being an individual and finding their interests was entirely unimportant

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    SPC 2017: Introduction to Speech Communication (Reference Number: 377454) Semester: Spring 2013 Meeting Times: TR 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Room A2064 Professor: Heather Grande Contact Info: Phone: 904-633-8159 Email: hgrande@fscj.edu Office: 2071 Office Hours: M: 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.‚ 12:30 – 12:55 p.m. & 2:20 – 5:20 p.m.‚ W: 12:30 – 2:30 PM‚ TH: 12:30 – 12:55 p.m. & 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Required Text: Pearson‚J.C.‚ Nelson‚ P. E.‚ Titsworth‚ S.‚ & Harter. L. (2012)

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    anyone’s day. Then there are dolls. Little life like figures that children play with throughout the world. You can accessorize them‚ make them talk‚ and even have a doll house for them to stay in. Two great things completely unrelated‚ right? However‚ when merged together‚ they become an eye opening drama by author Henrik Ibsen‚ who gives women’s oppression in the nineteenth century a spin by creating the character Nora and her controlling husband Torvald. Who thought that a sweet treat such as macaroons

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    many other types of literature‚ drama relies on several separate components all working together to tell a story. These components serve to draw an audience in‚ create a believable situation‚ and illicit a particular response. The play “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen provides an excellent example for analysis‚ with each component strongly supported. Often the first‚ and most obvious‚ component that can be observed when reading drama is the point of view that it is written from. Point of view

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    of A Doll’s House and Top Girls Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls both are a pillar of critical writing about the society they were originally produced in and have a central theme of the oppression of women‚ which makes them great sources of feminist reviews. Although Ibsen “abandoned the concept that the play was about gender roles” (Urban‚ 1997)‚ the central question is beyond the original context within which the plays were produced and received. A Doll’s House can

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    Act One Summary From the opening of the play to the announcement of Dr. Rank’s and Mrs. Linde’s arrivals. It is Christmas Eve. Nora Helmer enters the house with packages and a Christmas tree. She pays the porter double what she owes him and eats some macaroons. Her husband‚ Torvald Helmer‚ comes out of his study and addresses Nora with tenderness and authority‚ calling her his "skylark" and his "squirrel." Nora tells Torvald that she wants to show him what she has bought‚ and Torvald teases

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    Destiny Maxfield Mrs. Collar Engl. 1302 19 November 2012 A Critic’s Opinion of A Doll’s House In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House many views could be seen from both sides of the gender world. Critics will argue about the true meaning of the story and why Ibsen wrote the story. The main points of the play that critics discuss are sexuality i.e. feminism‚ the wrong doing of the father figure‚ and spiritual revolution. I believe these critics are each right in their own way from my understanding of the

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    character is usually faced with a conflict and must find a solution to their problem. In A Doll’s House and Trifles‚ two women are faced with problems which will affect both their lives as well as the lives of others. In an act of desperation‚ without any idea of what else to do‚ or how else to solve their problems‚ the women do the unthinkable. They both commit a crime in an effort to help their situation. A Doll’s House is a story about Nora‚ a trophy wife whom spends her days shopping. When Nora’s husband

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    story "The Doll’s House" by Katherine Mansfield is the characterization of Kezia as she travels in her innocence through the symbolic world of experience. Kezia is essential to the plot because she represents a taboo‚ offering opposition to common ways of thinking. Through the portrayal of Kezia‚ as she interacts as the symbolic eccentric‚ Mansfield emphasizes the powers and blind justification of conformity within a society.<br><br>The story commences with the arrival of the doll’s house sent to the

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    considered weaker‚ emotionally and physically‚ and less intelligent with little to no ability to make decisions for herself or for others in comparison to men. Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper”‚ Henrik Ibsen’s play “A Doll House”‚ and additional online sources support the concept of speaking out against women’s inequality. Women are lashing in opposition to society’s social customs for their equal rights. Women created feminism which

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