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    During this time‚ women did not have the freedom to voice their opinions and be themselves. Today women don’t even have to worry about the rules and limitations like the women had to in this era. Edna in “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin and Nora in “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen were analogous protagonists. The trials they faced were also very similar. Edna and Nora were both faced with the fact that they face a repressive husband whom they both find and exit strategy for. For Nora this involved abandoning

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    What happens if you carefully consider the surrounding context of a passage‚ but ignore its literary genre? When you are reading the Bible‚ understanding and interpreting the true meaning is one of the most crucial things we must do. In the text‚ Hays and Duvall say that “we would go so far as to say that the most important principle of biblical interpretation is that context determines meaning.” If we make the mistake of ignoring the context‚ it often leads to misinterpretation and confusion of

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    Academic Integrity in Cultural Context In a person does own his/her original words or ideas and have privileges pertaining to those words or ideas as they are regarded as the person’s intellectual property. The Copyright act (1999) seeks to protect the author and any infringement on the author’s rights is punishable by fine or even imprisonment. This law however‚ is not strictly enforced as evidenced by the high level of piracy in the country. Within the Academic Community‚ rate of academic

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    Men: • Both have the money and control over how it is spent • Are worried about their status in the community- their reputation is very important to them • Treat women like dolls-are playthings‚ decorative‚ add to the house with their beauty and charm. • Both patronize the women –use diminutives • Make all the decisions financial and otherwise for the family. • Males are dominant • Both regard their wives as intellectually inferior‚ don’t want a wife who is independent and free thinking

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    My character of choice is Nora‚ from Isben’s A Doll House. My descriptions are pre her life changing revelations (since her change is so drastic‚ and we don’t know who she becomes). Additionally‚ I thought it would be more fun as she is very light hearted and full of cheer as her previous self. Nora would go to the bookstore as she enjoys the excitement of finally being free from (mainly her) debt. She’s thrilled to look at every book‚ whether it is children’s‚ adventure or romance. She quickly

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    The relationship between the two main characters of Nora and Helmer in "A Doll’s House" are established through the dialogue and stage directions which take place in Act One. The relationship is very representative of the time period in which it is set‚ Helmer‚ the husband is the head of the household and is the most important in the family status he controls the family’s lifestyle according to his own views. In order to convey Torvald’s authority in the relationship‚ Ibsen uses first person possessive

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    Written Task 1 Narrative text – Fable Fable on Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. Student Name: Seif El Din El Nadoury IB Candidate number: Session: IB English language & literature HL Universal American School Dubai Date: 17/12/2012 Rationale Word Count: 297 Fable Word Count: 997 Rationale: In this fable‚ I will try to illustrate the themes of money and reputation in the drama A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen; and how having them as a priority in your life will eventually

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    Act I Analysis: Act I‚ in the tradition of the well made play in which the first act serves as an exposition‚ the second an event‚ and the third an unraveling (though Ibsen diverges from the traditional third act by presenting not an unraveling‚ but a discussion)‚ establishes the tensions that explode later in the play. Ibsen sets up the Act by first introducing us to the central issue: Nora and her relation to the exterior world (Nora entering with her packages). Nora serves as a symbol for women

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    In Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House‚ the personality of the protagonist Nora Helmer is developed and revealed through her interactions and conversations with the other characters in the play‚ including Mrs. Linde‚ Nils Krogstad‚ Dr. Rank and Ann-Marie. Ibsen also uses certain dramatic and literary techniques and styles‚ such as irony‚ juxtaposition and parallelism to further reveal interesting aspects of Nora’s personality. Mrs. Linde provides and interesting juxtaposition to Nora‚ while Krogstad

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    After that‚ this study will analyse the importance of cultural involvement in HR practices‚ and its two main reasons‚ which is culture differentiations having significant influences in MNEs’ HR practices‚ and MNEs pursuing competitive advantage (CA) and long-term sustainability (Stone‚ Stone-Romero & Lukaszewski‚ 2007)‚ (Schuler & Jackson‚ 2001) & (Chan‚ Shaffer & Snape‚ 2004). Next‚ this paper will focus on the impacts of different cultural dimensions in specific functional HR practices in detail

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