Compare and contrast A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. Write a brief essay (of approximately 1000 words) to comment on the two female protagonists’ (Nora Helmer and Blanche Duboi’s) relationship with men. A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams are two well-known plays that give rise to discussions over male-female relationships in old society. The female protagonists in the plays are women who are dependent
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The hypodermic syringe model is a theory of media effect on audience. The term is used to describe interaction between the media and public belief‚ offering the concept of people becoming affected by the information ’injected’ into them through their information medium. (For example‚ television viewers would have their minds injected with sex and violence after watching too many graphically violent programmes‚ and this would affect their views and behaviour). The model tends to see contemporary society
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Throughout the life of Alexander of Macedon as portrayed in works such as Arrian‚ Plutarch and Curtius the question of Alexander’s divinity has always been a prominent debate. Alexander believed that he may have been descended from the Greek warrior Achilles on hid father side and Heracles on his Mother’s. It has been argued by historians that Alexander used his alleged divinity to his advantage in both politics and warfare. However‚ Alexander’s belief in his own divinity did not arise out of an
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decisions for Nora and Christine and then explain how you would direct your actors in the re-union section on Act 1 in order to reveal the differences between the two characters. When directing Act 1 to reveal Nora and Christine’s differences in the re-union scene‚ I would focus on the ideas of their physical appearance and the way they are dressed‚ Mrs Linde has independence and Nora is very dependent‚ Nora’s lack of concern for money and Mrs Linde’s thrift and finally looking at how Nora can be patronizing
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main characters Nora and Helmer‚ these two main characters are husband and wife. The discrepancy is about spending money‚ where Nora is careless and just spends and spends all of the couple’s money‚ and Helmer does not like all of her spending but gives in to his wives wants. We can see from the start that this marriage is not based on love but with financial stability. In this play we see this financial stability with many of the characters. It’s ironic that in Act I Helmer says to Nora “you know‚ we
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Outline Prescribed question: Power and privilege: “How and why is a social group represented in a particular way? Title of text for analysis: A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen‚ Norway 1879. Task is related to course section: Part 3: Literature texts and context Task focus: This essay focuses on Ibsen’s way of representing women‚ it explains why does he represent them in that specific particular way and how the time‚ era and context he lived in affected this aim. It states that women are
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symbols are the macaroons‚ the Tarantella dance‚ and the Christmas tree. Nora lies about the macaroons twice‚ the first time to Torvald and the second time to Dr. Rank. Nora resorts to lying about eating the macaroons because she feels she is at fault for disobeying. The macaroons denote Nora’s dishonesty‚ which also alludes to her act of committing objectionable‚ underhanded deeds. The Tarantella is symbolic because it shows that Nora is trying to rid herself of the poison just as the dance’s original
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about a couple‚ a banker‚ Torvald‚ and a housewife‚ Nora. The story takes place during a period of time‚ when the status of women is not equal and suppressed comparing to men within the marriage. As the play progresses‚ it seems that Nora loves her husband‚ nevertheless being treated as a child. Torvald does not trust anything to Nora‚ especially his money. He thinks that Nora is too foolish to handle neither money nor any business. Obviously Nora does not like the fact that her
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society since the beginning‚ women’s role in society has changed along with history. In the 19th century‚ women were manipulated by their husbands and had little or no opinion. Husbands were their wife’s bosses and had complete power over them. The play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen‚ portrays that situation clearly throughout the whole story‚ for example when in Act I‚ Nora is eating macaroons hidden from her husband since he doesn’t want her to eat sweets‚ which could give her bad teeth. This
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In a Doll’s House‚ Henrik Ibsen presents the character Nora and her risky secret of having to forge her father’s signature to save the life of her husband. Accordingly‚ once Torvald discovers the illicit crime his wife has committed‚ his repugnant reaction triggers a sense of dysphoria in Nora. Inadvertently‚ the argument with Torvald makes Nora realize the lie of a life she has been living by just being a vessel for those that manipulated her to put their beliefs in. Granted that Nora’s point of
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