A Doll’s House: Plot Summary Overview Written in 1879 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen‚ A Doll’s House is a three act play about a seemingly typical housewife who becomes disillusioned and dissatisfied with her condescending husband. Act One: Set around Christmas time‚ Nora Helmer enters her home‚ truly enjoying life. An old widow friend from her past‚ Mrs. Linde‚ stops by hoping to find a job. Nora’s husband Torvald recently earned a promotion‚ so she happily finds employment for Mrs. Linde
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Throughout time‚ Cisneros reflects on these sentences and explains how powerful they are because they made her who she is today. For example‚ Cisneros discussed how her brothers believed that it was beneath them to spend time with her in public‚ so she frequently spent time alone. During her alone time‚ Cisneros could think‚ read‚ imagine‚ and prepare herself to become the professional writer that she is today. Being the only daughter allotted her the alone time which helped to shape her who she
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Est. 1964 Sandra Fabara‚ commonly known as Lady Pink enquired her name from her past love romances. She started writing graffiti in 1979 at the age of fifth teen at the high school of Art & Design in Manhattan. The loss of a boyfriend she cared for dearly initiated her to start writing graffiti. Sent away to Puerto Rico for theft‚ Pink began to imprint his name all over NYC in remembrance for her lover which soon transferred into her own name desecrating the walls of the big apple. After a couple
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Pain to Resilient The novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker depicts racial tension during the 1930s and uses the colors purple and red to symbolize Celie and Sofia’s hardships as African American women during this time period. Alice Walker married a civil rights attorney‚ Melvyn Leventhal‚ in 1967‚ making them the first interracially married couple in Jackson‚ Mississippi. Even though slaves were no longer present in that time period‚ African Americans were still discriminated against‚ and Walker
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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is a series of 44 vignettes describing the adolescence of Esperanza. These 44 vignettes‚ though at some points seem unconnected and unrelated‚ come back to the central symbol of the house. The homes described are a symbol of poverty and shame as well as a symbol of imprisonment‚ and this symbol reveals Esperanza’s future aspirations and themes of spousal abuse. The houses on Mango Street are a symbol of poverty and shame‚ and Esperanza realizing this
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Symbolism in Purple Hibiscus The novel Purple Hibiscus‚ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‚ is a story of a young girl ‚ who tries to find her own voice and speak out against her violent oppressive father. The novel is set in post-post-colonial Nigeria‚ in a time in which the government was run by a military dictatorship. There are a number of symbols used to help develop ideas in the text; the three most important ones being purple and red hibiscuses and Mama’s figurines. The red hibiscuses are symbolic
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The Great Gatsby is a marvellous book used to do anything whatsoever! Study Questions & Essay Topics → Study Questions 1. Discuss Gatsby’s character as Nick perceives him throughout the novel. What makes Gatsby “great”? In one sense‚ the title of the novel is ironic; the title character is neither “great” nor named Gatsby. He is a criminal whose real name is James Gatz‚ and the life he has created for himself is an illusion. By the same token‚ the title of the novel refers to the theatrical
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In the second half of the nineteenth century‚ there were many factors that changed the American city. During this time‚ people all around America were transforming their lives to fit the new commercial America‚ and one of the ways that they did this was moving to concentrated‚ urban cities. During the late nineteenth century there was major population growth due to mass immigration‚ which created a new group of workers. As urbanization and industrialization developed simultaneously‚ cities were
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it is to express an opinion or a choice. Nonconformity often results in punishment‚ sometimes physical‚ and‚ more damaging‚ emotionally and psychologically‚ at the hands of what is supposed to be a loving spouse. Alice Walker’s novel‚ The Color Purple‚ is a bold illustration of such a role. It demonstrates how women are forced to conform to whatever society deems that they should
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meritorious actions. But for unknown reasons following the Revolutionary War‚ the award had “broken service” and was not presented to anyone for approximately 150 years. However‚ it was redesigned in the 20th Century and is now known as the Purple Heart. One example of the Purple Heart is displayed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Speller of Windsor‚ N.C. The medal was issued in 1967 in honor of my cousin Ronnie Speller who died while serving in the Vietnam War. The medal was accepted in his honor by his parents
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