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    During this time‚ women did not have the freedom to voice their opinions and be themselves. Today women don’t even have to worry about the rules and limitations like the women had to in this era. Edna in “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin and Nora in “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen were analogous protagonists. The trials they faced were also very similar. Edna and Nora were both faced with the fact that they face a repressive husband whom they both find and exit strategy for. For Nora this involved abandoning

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    Thea reads An Abundance of Katherines by John Green By Thea On January 6‚ 2011 · 6 Comments · in 6 Rated Books‚ Book Reviews‚ Smugglivus The Feats of Strength are an integral part of our annual Smugglivus Tradition. In the Feats of Strength‚ we each dare each other to read a book that we know is so far beyond the other’s comfort zone as to put it in another galaxy altogether. It is more than a mere Dare – it is a Feat of Strength. Title: An Abundance of Katherines Author: John Green Genre:

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    Men: • Both have the money and control over how it is spent • Are worried about their status in the community- their reputation is very important to them • Treat women like dolls-are playthings‚ decorative‚ add to the house with their beauty and charm. • Both patronize the women –use diminutives • Make all the decisions financial and otherwise for the family. • Males are dominant • Both regard their wives as intellectually inferior‚ don’t want a wife who is independent and free thinking

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    My character of choice is Nora‚ from Isben’s A Doll House. My descriptions are pre her life changing revelations (since her change is so drastic‚ and we don’t know who she becomes). Additionally‚ I thought it would be more fun as she is very light hearted and full of cheer as her previous self. Nora would go to the bookstore as she enjoys the excitement of finally being free from (mainly her) debt. She’s thrilled to look at every book‚ whether it is children’s‚ adventure or romance. She quickly

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    Mansfield Reformatory The Mansfield Reformatory was built in the year 1886 and was originally built with intentions of humanely rehabilitating first-time offenders. The reformatory was initially applauded for creating a positive step forward for prison reform. It was later in 1978 that the reformatory’s legacy was one of abuse‚ torture‚ and murder. It had been denounced for “brutalizing and inhuman conditions”. Violence among inmates was an everyday way of life. Tales have been told of inmates

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    The relationship between the two main characters of Nora and Helmer in "A Doll’s House" are established through the dialogue and stage directions which take place in Act One. The relationship is very representative of the time period in which it is set‚ Helmer‚ the husband is the head of the household and is the most important in the family status he controls the family’s lifestyle according to his own views. In order to convey Torvald’s authority in the relationship‚ Ibsen uses first person possessive

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    by the strong and rich‚ as well as an obsession with material possessions is a common theme found in Henrik Ibsen’s play “A Doll’s House”. Karl Marx states that “the ruling ideas are nothing more than the ideal expression of the dominant material relationships‚ the dominant relationships grasped as ideas” (Marx). These ideas are realized throughout “A Doll’s House”. The main characters in are all affected by the lack or acquisition of money‚ and their entire lives and ways of thinking are based

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    In Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House‚ the personality of the protagonist Nora Helmer is developed and revealed through her interactions and conversations with the other characters in the play‚ including Mrs. Linde‚ Nils Krogstad‚ Dr. Rank and Ann-Marie. Ibsen also uses certain dramatic and literary techniques and styles‚ such as irony‚ juxtaposition and parallelism to further reveal interesting aspects of Nora’s personality. Mrs. Linde provides and interesting juxtaposition to Nora‚ while Krogstad

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    A Doll House: Irreconcilable Views of Men and Women Throughout history‚ men and women ’s roles in society have created them to have irreconcilable views with each other. Their opposing opinions are based on different outlooks regarding various aspects of their lives. The way a person views themselves depends on their culture and the time period and which they live in. One issue that causes clashing of ideas between men and woman is their responsibility to their family. An individual ’s duties

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    Act I Analysis: Act I‚ in the tradition of the well made play in which the first act serves as an exposition‚ the second an event‚ and the third an unraveling (though Ibsen diverges from the traditional third act by presenting not an unraveling‚ but a discussion)‚ establishes the tensions that explode later in the play. Ibsen sets up the Act by first introducing us to the central issue: Nora and her relation to the exterior world (Nora entering with her packages). Nora serves as a symbol for women

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