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    Honesty in Marriage In A Doll’s House‚ Ibsen uses role reversal between Nora and Christine to show the importance of honesty in a good marriage versus dishonesty. Nora and Torvald have the dishonest marriage and that proves to turn out badly for their relationship in the end. Christine remained an honest person and ended up with a rekindled relationship with her old love. At the very beginning‚ everything seems fine with Torvald and Nora if Nora’s initial act of dishonesty is

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    REVISITING THE ”TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS” University Sciences Po Paris Semester: Fall 2011/2012 Student: Sönke-Timo Kisker Student – ID: 100033186 Course: Thinking and Acting the Environment Course-ID: 23811 Course Coordinaton: Florence Faucher-King; Thomas Léon Assignment: Mid-term paper Word-count: 2746 Date: 18.10.2011 | Agenda

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    Ibsen’s use of the images of “squirrel” and “songbird” is ironic as they are seen as a source of entertainment but the irony lies within the fact that both the animals and Nora are trapped in a cage. Not only this‚ but‚ Torvald also invalidates Nora’s experience “is little squirrel sulking?” this reinforces that Nora is unable to have ownership of her own thoughts and feelings which again shows the inferiority of women in marriage‚ Nora realises the lack of ownership she has over her own thoughts

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    Nora becomes more and more rebellious as the story goes on. One of the first acts of rebellion is when Nora proceeds to eat Macarons behind is Torvalds back. Nora knows this is forbidden for her to eat sweets by Torvald because it will ruin her teeth. Torvald confronts her about it and Nora says “ I wouldn’t dream of going against your wishes”. Right after that Nora shows another rebellious trait by swearing. Nora swears just to go against the social standards. This is really important because

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    The Smog Tragedy of Donora‚ PA October‚ 27th - 28th 1948 On Wednesday October 27th 1948 through Thursday the 28th an environmental tragedy occurred in Donora‚ PA. By Friday there was a notable increase in illness and the first death occurred early on Saturday‚ and by late that night 17 persons were dead. Two more died on Sunday and another a week later. Rain came on the Sunday afternoon‚ and cleared away the smog‚ but hundreds of people were still ill. 20 people died and thousands became ill.

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    In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ the ghost plays a key role in influencing the destinies of the other characters. The ghost is important to the play as it symbolizes both fate and catalyses the plot. It also brings the play into the revenge tragedy. The late King Hamlet is forced to roam the earth as he was murdered before he could confess to his sins‚ having to remain in purgatory till his sins are washed from him and he is able to enter into heaven. Hamlet‚ the tragic hero of the play‚ and is influenced

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    Ibsen and Strindberg are two playwrights of the same period‚ the Industrial Revolution. This is a time when the world is making a great change in how it runs. Not only is business changing‚ the way people think is changing too. People are beginning to question the ways of society. For an example‚ questions are arising on how women should really be treated. Such notions give way to very controversial theatre. Ibsen and Strindberg strongly demonstrate how these issues were reasoned. It generally seems

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    Ghost dances By Christopher Bruce. Performed by the Rambert Dance Company. Ghost dances was created in 1981. The performance was choreographed by Christopher Bruce. The piece explores the human rights of the people of chille and the depression that the lack of human rights caused. The inspiration of the dance came from a letter that Christopher received from a widow of a Chilean folk singer‚ who was murdered. Christopher felt sympathetic towards the letter‚ and after being asked to do a

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    Changes In "A Doll’s House" Written by Henrik Ibsen A Doll’s House’s central theme is change from society. This is demonstrated by several of its characters breaking away from the social standards of their time and acting on their own terms. No one character demonstrates this better than Nora. During the time in which the play took place society frowned upon women asserting themselves. Women were supposed to play a role in which they supported their husbands‚ took care of their children‚ and

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    Chantal Levy 9.13.12 Essay: The Ghost Writer Let the real story of Anne Frank Live In the late 1950’s novel The Ghost Writer‚ written by Philip Roth brings the story of Anne Frank. The protagonist Zuckerman tries to find a new muse to find more meaning in his stories. Zuckerman meets Amy‚ a girl with a mysterious background who resembles Anne Frank in more way then one. She was the same age as Anne frank and they both are writers‚ she avoids speaking about her past‚ and lastly

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