Every person has his own idea of a perfect house. Since the time immemorial people always wanted to make their dwelling a place‚ where one feels comfortable and cosy‚ where one always wants to come back to. A dwelling of my dream is not a flat but a two-storeyed mansion. And as a real hostess I’d like to arrange everything in the house according to my taste. Now‚ let me tell you about my house. When you come to me‚ you push a big wooden front door‚ wiping your feet on the door-mat‚ and enter
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Boughton house is a house situated in Northamptonshire. I believe that it is not very typical of Tudor country houses due to most features resembling more 17th century style houses - for example Versailles - however I don’t think it is entirely different due to some physical details of the house‚ how it was obtained and how it became what it is today. Firstly‚ (between 1536 and 1540 ) King Henry VIII wanted more power and money‚ and since The Pope didn’t approve of Henry’s divorce‚ he made himself
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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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by those conditions (Letterbie 1259)‚ and that the weak or less-fortunate are always exploited by the richer bourgeoisie. A common theme found in Henrik Ibsen’s play‚ “A Dolls House‚” is the exploitation of the weak and the poor by the strong and the rich‚ and an obsession with material possession. The characters in “A Dolls House” are all affected by the lack or acquisition of money‚ and their entire lives and way of thinking are based upon it. Therefore‚ a Marxist theme pervades throughout much
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biscuit/pastry people have indulged themselves with for hundreds of years. They were created by the French and these little pieces of heaven could brighten 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
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In the early 1900’s many of those who immigrated to America experienced unfair wages and working/ living conditions. Tenement houses were crowded‚ dark‚ loud‚ hot‚ foul smelling‚ unhealthy‚ and there was no fresh air (Riis‚ 1999). The people living under these conditions‚ typically didn’t have a choice because it was the only thing within their budget. Workers within the meat-packing industry worked in unsafe and unhealthy conditions. Those who had a job at the Shirtwaist Factory also worked under
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Elizabeth Threats Professor William Isaacson English 102 MA1 4 May 2013 A Doll’s House This play is based on a marriage between two people. A relationship built not on trust and equality but on lies and deception. The play brings to life a woman’s role in society and the inequality between the sexes. The play introduces us to some shady characters. The first is Nora Helme the wife of Torvald Helmer. On the ouside she portrays herself to be a loving wife‚ devoted mother and a carefree
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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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Nurbani Trisna Wardhani 10/297584/SA/15201 In this “Boarding House”‚ a short story form James Joyce‚ I think the character that becomes the victim is Mr. Doran. At the first the story tells about Mrs. Mooney who had been lived separated with his drunkard husband and built up a boarding house. She lived there with her two children‚ Jack and Polly. In another angle‚ we can see Mrs. Mooney boarding house is actually a ‘tool’ that was used by Mrs. Mooney to look for an ideal husband for Polly.
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Gloria Nguyen Period 5 2010 February 24 A significant symbol in A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen are the macaroons that show up several times within the course of the play because it shows that Nora is not truthful to Torvald and that their household is tangled up in a web of deceit. “She slips the bag of macaroons in her pocket and wipes her mouth...”. Nora knows that Torvald dislikes her spending money on guilty pleasures like macaroons so she tries to hide them‚ just as she tries to hide the
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