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    Men often entrap females into oppressive roles in society. In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House‚ Torvald Helmer treats his wife Nora as a doll; whereas in Ghosts‚ Pastor Manders believes Mrs. Alving should be a trophy wife and protect her dead husband’s reputation. Both Torvald and Manders brainwash Nora and Mrs. Alving‚ respectively‚ to behave according to what their own expectations. Because Nora and Mrs. Alving are afraid to cross the expectations of Torvald and Manders‚ they both hide their true feelings

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    Ibsen’s Ghosts‚ although a relatively modern drama‚ maintains many classical elements of tragedy as defined by Aristotle and championed by the ancient Greek playwrights and poets. One element of displayed prominently in this case is character. Aristotle believed that there were four main elements to a good tragic hero: 1) the character must be good‚ 2) decorum‚ 3) the character must be true to life‚ and 4) constancy within the characters demeanor and actions. The tragic hero in Ibsen’s Ghosts

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    Have you ever read “The Ghost Bird” or “The Space Rock”? Well both were great stories to enjoy. Roland Smith‚ The author of ghost bird‚ also wrote “Peak” in 2007 and “Chupacabra” in 2013. Roland Smith also wrote “Space Rock” the other story being compared. Roland Smith‚ The author of ghost bird‚ also wrote “Peak” in 2007 and “Chupacabra” in 2013. Roland Smith also wrote “Space Rock” the other story being compared. One Element these two stories have in common is the resolution. They both have a

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    Jim Robbins wrote “America’s Gray Ghosts: The Disappearing Caribou” for The New York Times in order to raise the issue of struggling caribou populations in North America and encourage a government response. Robbin advocates for the protection of caribou by referencing experts on the topic in order to establish his authority and statistics that support his argument on a logical level. In order to establish his credibility‚ Robbins uses the knowledge of experts on caribou biology. Robbin establishes

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    The Ghost of Tom Joad Video Response The beauty of the written word is that everyone can experience and interpret it in a different way with some help from writer and their purpose behind the piece. The beauty of songs is that people are free to express those individual interpretations in ways that allow them to use their voices and instruments. The beauty of video is that the makers can put these two things together and then add images and audio-texts to enhance the meaning of the song for viewers

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    topic question: Discuss some of the ways in which plays challenge boundaries of race/ethnicity‚ class‚ and/or gender. In your answer make detailed reference to one or move plays you have studied. Ghosts‚ by Henrik Ibsen‚ is a realist drama written in 19th century Norway. The social context of this time meant his play was seen as a radial piece and theaters often refused to play it‚ afraid of backlash from the conservative Lutheran community. This is due to the boundaries of class and gender which

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    forming a lake on the road in front of her‚ making it difficult for her to see the lines on the highway. Dark clouds hung slightly above the road and the sounds of rain beating against the car bothered her. “Perhaps I shouldn’t have chosen this day to ghost hunting‚” she said as the inside windows fogged over‚ turning on the defroster she calmed down and sang along with the radio. “It would be

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    It was a nice sunny October day. I had no idea what would happen that day. I was watching the front doors of the Parliament Building with my fellow guard. We were making sure that people that could do bad things couldn’t get inside. I failed badly. I heard a loud gunshot and I suddenly had a slight headache and then was out forever. “HEY! HE WAS SHOT! HELP! HELP!” my partner shouted. “WHAT HAPPENED?” another guard yelled. I couldn’t see over everyone so I just waited for everyone to move out

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    Our car literally broke down in an abandoned town because of a stupid dare. How? Is this even a joke? Is this some kind of a dream where it comes from those kind of horror movies? No. We are stuck. Can’t get out. And the foggs were starting to get thicker and thicker as the time walks. Looking around. Buildings were dead‚ trees were dead ‘everything’ there was dead. No sound of wind. Just complete silence. Even no signals reach here. What do you expect from an abandoned place. The sun

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    Ghost Story The short story "A Rose for Emily‚"� by William Faulkner‚ is a very predictable ghost story. Three things that make this story so predictable are: the haunted house setting‚ the creepy old woman‚ and the disappearing fiancé. The haunted house setting used in "A Rose for Emily"� is a classic idea used by many writers and movie directors. The old house in the middle of a field begins to set the tone that people avoid this place as much as possible. Then Faulkner throws in over grown weeds

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