I really enjoyed watching the videos on the Viking Age. I think it was a great idea to give some background information about the Vikings along with their artwork‚ so that the Vikings artwork would be more tangible for everyone watching it. From the videos we can see that not only the Vikings closeness to the nature have effected their worldview‚ but also it had inspired their artworks and that they had used their natural knowledge to make their art. Moreover‚ as it was mentioned in the video it
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The general view of the Vikings between the 9th and 12th century is that of raids‚ pillage and destruction. However‚ ’In recent years the role of Vikings in stimulating international trade and peaceful commerce has been emphasised‚ and their war like activities played down.’ Their skills at trading were unparalleled‚ opening up new routes between eastern and western Europe. Wealth therefore flowed through Britain and Northern England where the Vikings chose to settle. Their lasting footprint on
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My lobby display will highlight the key aspects of The Second Wave Feminist Movement in the United States and its significance to our production of A Doll’s House‚ the different furniture that will be seen on stage‚ and as well as items that symbolizes different aspects of the play. I will create an informational poster that will inform the audiences the different events that occurred during the 1960s – 1970s Feminist Movement in the United States. Visually‚ I will present the poster in an old
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Amon Amarth and the Further Brutalization of Norse Mythology Amon Amarth is one of the most blatantly Norse Mythological metal bands in existence. In fact‚ they are probably the only band in the world that is this closely tied to Norse Mythology. Everything from their album names‚ to their song titles‚ to the lyrics embedded in the gut wrenching brutality of their fast-paced melodic guitar riffs‚ screams Odin‚ Thor‚ Loki and all the other gods and characters spoken of in the sagas and stories
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A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen is a piece of literature written as a play. It portrays the stereotypical gender roles in society of the late 1800s. The main character‚ Nora Helmer‚ is a housewife that comes at her husband’s beck and call. He has the ultimate power over her‚ controlling her like a marionette. With her controlling husband‚ the assumptions of society‚ and her childhood friend Christine planning out her life‚ Nora makes the drastic decision to leave her husband and children. When she
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Many works of literature in the form of books and plays don’t usually get a big screen adaptation. However‚ A Doll’s House has been blessed to have two major adaptations as well as some minor ones. Of the two major ones‚ the one that is viewed as superior is known as the Anthony Hopkins version. This is of course because the biggest actor in the production was Anthony Hopkins so it is easy to label this version the Anthony Hopkins version. This version is superior because it gives the character’s
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Ibsen’s main purpose surrounding his play‚ A Doll’s House‚ was to challenge the societal norm of his time. Ibsen’s production was one that was very controversial‚ any thought or idea that a woman would have anything to do besides keep up the home and raise children was unheard of during the time period. Establishments requested that A Doll’s House was to not be discussed since it undermined society’s most sacred institution‚ that being marriage. Ibsen’s method was that everyone‚ men and women the
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The characters from the plays A Doll House and Oedipus‚ Krogstad and the house messenger‚ have similar dependencies‚ yet are completely different people. Krogstad‚ we all know was a man from Nora’s past. Krogstad was involved in a work scandal many years before. In result of Krogstad making a bad decision‚ his career is in jeopardy. Now if I ever did a favor for someone and it came back on me and the only way I could save myself was to tell on the other person. Its every man for himself in this
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Henrik Isben’s A Doll’s house seems to revolve around roleplay. The Characters are more concerned of playing someone else than allowing their true self to appear. Nora’s appearance in the audience changes quite often from being childish‚ and money-loving to being brave. Towards the beginning of the play Nora Helmer is seen as a childish wife wanting nothing more than her husband’s money. She is constantly begging Torvald for more and more money. However‚ Torvald treats her like she is his possession
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Barbara Lide Michigan Technological University STRINDBERG’S IBSEN: ADMIRED‚ EMULATED‚ SCORNED‚ AND PARODIED In 1893‚ when August Strindberg was living in Berlin‚ he posed for a portrait painted by the Norwegian artist Christian Krogh. Krogh reportedly painted seven portraits of Strindberg at this time‚ one of which was purchased by Henrik Ibsen. As is well known‚ Ibsen hung that portrait of Strindberg on the wall of his study‚ and he has been quoted as saying that he could not write a line without
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