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    One of the ways that slaves defied slavery was to run away. Nat‚ like every other slave‚ was prone to this sort of rebellion. One of the first of a series of shocks in Nat Turner’s life was when his father ran away from Benjamin Turner’s place and supposedly escaped to the North. Apparently‚ no one knew why he left aside the assumption of hatred for the institution that kept him in bondage. This desire for freedom in Nat’s father was strong enough to make him sacrifice his wife and Nat‚ his only

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    Medea‚ in ’Medea’‚ and Nora‚ in ’A Doll’s House’‚ are both women who seem to suffer badly at the hands of their husbands in two male-dominated societies; the former in ancient Greece‚ the latter in nineteenth century Norway. Each does something important for her husband involving personal sacrifice‚ for which she expects certain treatment in return‚ but when this is not forthcoming‚ how do they react? Do they accept the roles of conventional wives‚ demure and weak? Or do they rebel and behave unconventionally

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    Puppets On Strings A Doll’s House is the story of two people‚ living together but apart. Each person lives in their own world‚ while believing that everyone else lives there too. The characters of Nora and Torvald Helmer highlight two different ways of thinking‚ yet show how two such different viewpoints can share striking similarities. Both Nora and Torvald are codependent‚ self-involved‚ and superficial people; however‚ Torvald is content to be this way‚ while Nora feels that this way of life is

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    Odile H Mrs. Lockman English 26 April 2013 The Treatment of Women in A Streetcar Named Desire and A Doll House Although A Streetcar Named Desire (ASND) by Tennessee Williams‚ and A Doll House (ADH) by Henrik Ibsen are written nearly a hundred years apart‚ both authors have men treat women in similar fashion. Both men‚ Mitch from ASND and Torvald from ADH‚ treat women as if women are their possession‚ they get very angry at the women for not following the rules and finally‚ as a consequence

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    forget how far our society has come in the last hundred years in recognizing the equality of all people. Often when we take a look into the past what we see is very shocking. Such is the case in a Doll House by Henrik Ibsen. Here we see Nora presented as a victim of her father and male dominated society; however she also plays the role of victimizer against her husband‚ family‚ and friends. As Nora takes both sides of the conflict we see how she is forced into both roles. Nora plays with Dr. Rank

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    The play‚ A Doll House‚ by Henrik Ibsen is the story of a trouble marriage in Victorian society. Torvald treats his wife‚ Nora‚ like a trophy until she finally realizes that she is unhappy and leaves him. In his efforts to impress the bourgeoisie‚ he is constantly worried about the appearance of his wife and himself. In his attempts to control Nora’s appearance to society‚ he takes a bizarrely dictatorial role in her life. Torvald is extremely strict with Nora about her spending because of the

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    When Nora makes her climactic decision to abandon her husband‚ Torvald‚ in the closing moments of Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House‚” there was a minimal amount of reason to be skeptical about her choice. This is due to the fact that she certainly has a plethora of rock-solid reasons that more than justify her controversial mindset. In “A Doll’s House‚” Ibsen shows that Nora’s decision to desert her husband was the right one. First of all‚ Torvald heavily undervalues his wife; she has been nothing

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    Clean house society

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    A clean house equals a healthy house. How healthy your home is actually depends on how clean your home is. I’m sure you want your home to be a healthy place for you and your family to live‚ so it’s important to keep it clean. If you’re house is dirty‚ it can attract mice‚ ants and you can start to get mold growing in your home which are all very unhealthy to have in your home. To make a house charming and comfortable for use‚ it should be well-groomed. A well-groomed house is basically clean. Keeping

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    "Barbie Doll": A Woman’s Place in Society Society has a way of placing unrealistic expectations on women. By using television‚ magazines‚ billboards‚ and even toys we see a mold of what women are supposed to look like. In other words the perfect woman should look like a Barbie Doll. In Marge Piercy’s‚ "Barbie Doll‚" we find a girl child growing up through the adolescence stage characterized by appearances and barbarity. Piercy uses lots of imagery to describe the struggles the girl experiences

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    Nora`s character at the beginning‚ the first impression about Nora is childish character that is willing to hid things and to easily lie. The audience first sees her as immature character‚ naive and superficial. She interacts with her husband at the same manner as a child and playfully. However‚ she obeys her husband and tries to make him happy as a typical 19 century woman. Moreover‚ her husband critics her throughout the play but Nora response in a behaved way as if she is his own doll which

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