The Doll House Backlash: Criticism‚ Feminism‚ and Ibsen Author(s): Joan Templeton Source: PMLA‚ Vol. 104‚ No. 1 (Jan.‚ 1989)‚ pp. 28-40 Published by: Modern Language Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/462329 . Accessed: 04/10/2011 23:11 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers‚ and students discover
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Japan which is on 3 March. At this festival‚ parents will put a display stage for their daughters that dolls wearing Wafuku and small furniture from the top to the bottom. Although this festival is not an official holiday in Japan‚ all of the family members will be together to bless girls for growing up happily and healthily to be an adult. It is very fastidious about the location of the dolls in the display stage. Usually‚ the top is a pair of emperor-Obina (おびな) and empress-Mebina (めびな) with
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Life in plastic. It’s fantastic.’ (Aqua) Barbie was born in 1959 but she has never aged because she is a doll. To date over 1 billion Barbies have been sold by the US company that own her - Mattel Corporation. Ruth Handler‚ who founded the company along with her husband‚ Elliot‚ modelled the doll on an 11½ inch plastic German toy called Lilli sold to adult men. She named the adapted doll after her daughter‚ Barbara. It is estimated that the average girl aged between three and 11 in the US owns
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Barbie Topic: Barbie General Function: To inform Specific purpose: To inform my audience of the history of the Barbie Doll. Organization Design: Topical Introduction Attention-Arousing and Orienting Material: When you think long hair‚ perfect skin‚ trendy clothes‚ and a rockin’ body‚ what comes to every little girls mind? Barbie of course! Credibility: As a child I had
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Elizabeth Bishop’s untitled poem that begins with “Where are the dolls who loved me so” is reminiscent of her autobiographical short story Gwendolyn. Throughout her short story‚ Bishop talks about Gwendolyn’s beauty and fragility as a child with diabetes who was consistently on the verge of death until she finally passes at the end of the story. After her death‚ and at the very beginning of the story‚ Bishop depicts her encounter with a doll she was also fascinated with that belonged to her Aunt Mary
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Barbie: Should the Doll be Modified? Jordan Sidebottom ENGL 1302 Professor Baggaley February 3‚ 2014 Sidebottom 1 Jordan Sidebottom ENGL 1302 Professor Baggaley February 3‚ 2014 Barbie: Should the Doll be Modified? Since Barbie was first launched by Mattel in 1959 over 10 million have been sold. “Somewhere in the world‚ a Barbie is sold ever half-second”(Dittmar‚ Halliwell‚ and Ive). Out of all Mattel profits‚ Barbie makes up approximately
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"A Doll House" Conrad N.Torres ENG/125 April 17‚ 2012 Dr. Ray Garubo Controversial of its time‚ “A Doll House” presented on stage a subject that was not socially accepted‚ was shunned‚ and not publically discussed. This dramatization of real life was portrayed by Ibsen in such an artistic manner‚ that not only was it accepted by the era‚ but brought with it notoriety‚ and was proclaimed a masterpiece. As I began to read Ibsen’s “A Doll House‚” my first reaction was that Ibsen was a writer quite
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Leslie Thammavong Dr. Van Ham English 101 revision Who is Barbie? What does she stand for? Do all younger girls envy her? Emily Prager is a columnist for the New York Times and a fiction writer who has written many books. She reads an article in the New York Times about a man’s death‚ Jack Ryan. He was an inventor and designer‚ a man with many accomplishments. As Prager reads on‚ to her astonishment‚ she discovers that one of Ryan’s accomplishments was designing Barbie. “Of course‚” she thought
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Helmer; seems completely happy. She responds affectionately to her husband’s teasing‚ speaks with excitement about the extra money his new job will provide‚ and takes pleasure in the company of her children and friends. She does not seem to mind her doll-like existence‚ in which she is coddled‚ pampered‚ and patronized. Torvald Helmer; embraces the belief that a man’s role in marriage is to protect and guide his wife. He clearly enjoys the idea that Nora needs his guidance‚ and he interacts with her
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Nora Helmer as a Doll In Isben’s‚ A Dolls House Nora‚ the protagonist is treated like a doll - the property of Torvald Helmer. In Act I‚ there are many clues that hint at the kind of marriage Nora and Torvald have. It seems that Nora is a doll controlled by Torvald. She relies on him for everything‚ from movements to thoughts‚ much like a puppet that is dependent on its puppet master for all of its actions. The most obvious example of Torvald’s physical control over Nora is his re-teaching
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