stereotypical housewives‚ expected to stay home and fulfill domestic duties. Literature of this time embodies and mirrors social issues of women in society. Henrik Ibsen uses Nora Helmer in "A Doll’s House" to portray the negative treatment of all women throughout society during the nineteenth century. In this play we see Nora begin as fragile‚ nieve creature and progress to an individual‚ independent woman. Written during the Victorian era‚ the controversial play featuring a female protagonist seeking
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Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen; and in the tragedy‚ “Oedipus the King”. In “A Doll’s House”‚ the main male character is man by the name of Torvald Helmer. Torvald’s dominance over his wife‚ Nora‚ is repeatedly shown throughout the play. Torvald adopts the belief that a man’s role in marriage is to protect and steer his wife. He clearly enjoys the idea that Nora needs his guidance‚ and he interacts with her as a father would. Ironically‚ Torvald seizes all the power in the marriage
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The consequence of self-deception can be disastrous. Self-deception can be defined as a misconception that is favoured to the person who holds it. In an attempt to justify ones behaviour‚ we often‚ unknowingly‚ gloss over or even alter the truth of our past‚ in order to escape the feelings of guilt‚ embarrassment‚ shame‚ or even to protect the people around us. However‚ consequently‚ the act of self-deception can be disastrous‚ not only for the delinquent‚ but also for those around them. This
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the Kowalski household— Elysian Fields‚ dressed fancily. “She is daintily dressed in a white suit with a fluffy bodice‚ necklace and ear-rings of pearl‚ white gloves and hat‚ looking as if she were arriving at a summer tea or cocktail party in the garden district.” (p.3) This quote immediately shows us the difference between Blanch and the people from New Orleans by the type of clothes that they wear. Everything that she wears is white‚
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In the Street Car Named Desire‚ by Tennessee Williams‚ Stanley Kowalski displays his brutality in many ways. This classical play is about Blanche Dubois’s visit to Elysian Fields and her encounters with her sister’s brutal and arrogant husband‚ Stanley Kowalski‚ and the reveling truth of why Blanche really came. Stanley Kowalski is a very brutal and barbaric person who always has to feel that no one is better than him. His brutish and ferocious actions during the play leave the reader with a bad
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Doll’s House. Nora is an idealistic wife who bows down to her husband’s commands and fulfills his every wish. When Torvald‚ her husband‚ fell sick she did everything she could to save his life‚ going as far as forging her dead father’s signature to receive money to pay for their trip to Italy for better heath care. The story takes place during Christmas time‚ where Nora is now forced to come to terms with the crime she has committed once Krogstad‚ the man at the bank who gave Nora the money she needed
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^^^^^^^^^^A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE: BLANCHE DUBOIS Blanche is an English teacher‚ but she’s one of a kind. You’d never forget her if you took her course. Shortly before the play begins‚ Blanche has lost her job. She wasn’t fired for poor teaching skills‚ however. The superintendent’s letter said Blanche was "morally unfit for her position." That’s probably a fair evaluation of a teacher who seduced one of the seventeen-year-old boys in her class. Also‚ Blanche’s sexual exploits so outraged the
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chivalry to a new mind-set of sex and desire‚ and a woman grasping desperately at the last bit of fantasy she can muster. The structure of A Streetcar Named Desire is best seen through a series of confrontations between Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. In the first scene the confrontation is not so severe‚ but it increases in severity until one of the two must be destroyed. To understand fully the scenes of confrontations‚ the reader should have a good understanding of what is at stake in each
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On top of the Piano I will have a bird’s cage (relevant to Torvald always calling Nora his “song bird”) and within it will have a doll’s house. I will be sure to emphasize that the cage is locked to symbolize Nora’s feeling of being trapped within her home. The doll’s house within a cage can also be found as the front cover of the book
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Zhi Liu English 102 12/14/12 Extra Credit To what extent are Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois caricatures of masculinity and femininity? Could the performers play against caricature by revealing a more feminine side of Stanley and a more masculine quality I Blanche‚ or would that be a misreading of the play? Write an essay in which you discuss the play’s depiction of gender roles. Gender roles and sexuality are central to the drama of A Streetcar Named Desire. Stanley and Blanche conform
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