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    They were created by the French and these little pieces of heaven could brighten anyone’s day. Then there are dolls. Little life like figures that children play with throughout the world. You can accessorize them‚ make them talk‚ and even have a doll house for them to stay in. Two great things completely unrelated‚ right? However‚ when merged together‚ they become an eye opening drama by author Henrik Ibsen‚ who gives women’s oppression in the nineteenth century a spin by creating the character Nora

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    A White Heron

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    Examining Christian Symbolism in “A White Heron” Symbolism is a very prominent attribute contained within Sarah Orne Jewett’s short story‚ “A White Heron”. The short story takes its reader through the short exploration that the main character‚ Sylvia‚ goes through when she is faced with making a decision that may lead to the end of a beautiful bird’s life. Many critics have analyzed and debated the many symbols contained within the story. Victoria Freivogel‚ an English teacher from Louisiana

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    Elizabeth Threats Professor William Isaacson English 102 MA1 4 May 2013 A Doll’s House This play is based on a marriage between two people. A relationship built not on trust and equality but on lies and deception. The play brings to life a woman’s role in society and the inequality between the sexes. The play introduces us to some shady characters. The first is Nora Helme the wife of Torvald Helmer. On the ouside she portrays herself to be a loving wife‚ devoted mother and a carefree

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    A Doll House - Response

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    A Doll House Response A Doll House‚ a play written by Henrik Ibsen‚ begins on Christmas Eve at the Helmer’s residence. Torvald Helmer is promoted at the bank as a manager‚ thus he will be making more money and become more powerful. The news excites his wife Nora because she believes that with the raise in his pay‚ she will be able to pay off her loan. When they went on their trip to Italy‚ Nora paid for the trip which was four thousand eight hundred crown‚ but Torvald believes that Nora’s

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    White Supermacists

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    Comm. 25 Summary: The article "What White Supremacists Taught a Jewish Scholar about Identity" by Abby L. Ferber talks about experiences related to race‚ culture and color. The article describes the cultural differences‚ clashes and the discriminatory or racial behaviors that are the result of social practices. Ferber believed that her identity as a Jew owed more to persecution and to her love of her family than to religious observance or historical tradition. She suspected that‚ as a child

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    White Privilege

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    Strode In Peggy McIntosh’s article “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible backpack” we see detailed examples of how white people are extremely privileged in ways that people of other races may never understand. Even though sometimes we do not realize this is happening it has been seen to be true in many things throughout history and in the world today. One of the parts of this article that caught my eye and made me think a bit was the list of 26 white privileges that McIntosh wrote about in

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    considered weaker‚ emotionally and physically‚ and less intelligent with little to no ability to make decisions for herself or for others in comparison to men. Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper”‚ Henrik Ibsen’s play “A Doll House”‚ and additional online sources support the concept of speaking out against women’s inequality. Women are lashing in opposition to society’s social customs for their equal rights. Women created feminism which

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    Theme of a Doll's House

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    The main theme of Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” is behaviour that is based on the opinions of others and not being true to yourself. Many of the characters demonstrate this type of behaviour‚ but the character this theme most significantly applies to is Nora. Nora is Torvald’s loving‚ yet childish wife‚ who he treats as his puppet. As the story goes on‚ we begin to realize that Nora is actually a strong an independent woman‚ but Torvald does not allow her to express those qualities. This essay

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    Winchester House

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    Abstract The Winchester house is full of twist and turns. Mrs. Winchester built things upside down‚ doors leading to no where‚ and staircases also. Mrs.Wichester had a great life going for her‚ good at music and everybody loved her. Once she got married‚ it seemed everything went downhill. Her only child dies as a infant and couple of years later her husband. Now she is left with tons of money and owning half of the stock market‚ she goes and meet with a medium. The medium tells her that her husband

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    The Significance of White: Doran Gray Historically‚ the color white has been used as a motif of both life and death. For instance‚ white is the traditional color of wedding dresses in both western and Japanese cultures. White is used to symbolize purity in western culture weddings. On the other hand‚ white is used to signify the death of the old family and introduce the new family. In the novel‚ The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ one of the most vital motifs is the color white. The meaning of this color

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