In the novel Hush Hush‚ Nora Grey lived an “okay” life. Since her father passed away she lives with her mother and house keeper Dorothea. Surprisingly her life had actually been bearable with the help of her best friend Vee. But when a new student comes to her high school and is forced to be her lab partner in science‚ her life turns upside down. With his extremely attractive features‚ chocolate abs‚ blue eyes and heavenly hair‚ Patch not only grabs the attention of Nora‚ but he also annoys her tremendously
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Torvald treating Nora like a doll‚ she recognizes his “jealousy: yet [secretly continues to] flirt with Rank‚ aware but not acknowledging the grounds of her control” (Bradbrook 83). Nora is flirtatious towards Dr. Rank because she intends to manipulate him and ask him for money‚ but instead he informs her that he is dying. Nora’s mysterious relationship with Dr. Rank behind her husband’s back‚ perceives her as a disloyal‚ deceitful‚ and a potential cheating wife. These provisions limit Nora from finding
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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 strict financial policies of the banks at the
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Nora’s and now Nora’s children’s caretaker. During the play Nora made a couple of sacrifices such as leaving her children‚ despite the love she had for them she chose to leave them with the Nanny thinking she would be a better mother and have their best interest at heart. Nora did not want to leave her children; she only wanted to make a way for herself as an adult human being in the world without corrupting them. Not only did Nora do that she also sacrificed her integrity and brought shame upon
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compassion for Helmer in that he didn ’t know what hit him when Nora declared her intentions. He was living by society ’s rules and really didn ’t know any better. He thought his wife was happy. Marcus is clearly a bully. Two very different men. However‚ after reading “A Nineteenth-Century Husband ’s Letter to His Wife”‚ I could not help but to wonder if Marcus ’ letter to his wife would be a future version of the letter Helmer would write to Nora after she left. Let us remember that Marxism has to do
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and Nora)‚ and Krogstad and Kristine. Camilia Collett‚ a feminist activist and author who was a close friend of Ibsen’s‚ viewed marriage as “a union between two equal partners” (Ørjasæter 24)‚ of which Torvald and Nora’s relationship was quite the opposite. In her relationship with Torvald‚ Nora was treated like a doll: she lived by doing tricks for him like dancing and playing the tambourine. Thus‚ when she realizes how poorly she has been treated by first her father and now her husband‚ Nora leaves
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is centered around abortion. One of the nurses‚ Jenny‚ has a patient‚ Nora Harding‚ who realizes that she is pregnant with her ninth child. The family already struggles as it is‚ and Nora is distraught with the idea of trying to feed yet another child. When this episode is set‚ abortion is illegal in England‚ so Nora turns to other avenues to terminate the pregnancy. She tries many homemade tricks‚ such as taking Epsom Salts. Nora is not allowed to become sterilized‚ even though she fully consents
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with subtle‚ gentle verbal abuse that Nora absorbed like a sponge. Nora tolerated these actions as long as there was security for her and her children. Women of this era married mainly for security rather than love. If there was love in a marriage it was a by product of chance and a blessing‚ not the usual state of affairs between men and women. When Nora finally realizes that Torvald is not a man of honor the need for security and dependence is broken. Nora prays for a "miracle of miracles" hoping
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(Brooks et al p. 18) A Doll’s house evokes a type of space where all the characters will play roles as they might in child’s play. We are constantly reminded how important the title is‚ Ibsen constantly uses the theme of play throughout as Torvald treats Nora as a plaything‚ and treat’s her like a child. The doll metaphor is specifically referred to on more than one occasion in Act I‚ ‘no‚ dogs don’t bite nice little dolly children.’ (Act I‚ p.33) and in Act III ‘I was papa’s doll-child; and here the children
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However‚ in the late 1800’s‚ two writers created female characters that began to break conformity to go experience lives through their own choices rather than by what society expected. In “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen‚and The Awakening by Kate Chopin Nora demonstrates how she is stronger than Edna through her relationship with her husband and by how she chooses to cope with society’s views on
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