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    A Doll S House 1

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    A Doll’s House Themes Marriage Women and Femininity Men and Masculinity The Home Respect and Reputation Love Lies and Deceit Money   Love and Marriage As a play focused around the marriage between Nora and Torvald‚ A Doll ’s House can be seen as an exploration of love and marriage‚ or even‚ more profoundly‚ on whether there can be love in marriage. At the beginning of the play‚ Nora and Torvald appear to be very happily married‚ even to themselves. Nora talks joyfully about her love for Torvald‚

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    Soto Like Mexicans

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    Like Mexicans Gary Soto (1952 -) My grandmother gave me bad advice and good advice when I was in my early teens. For the bad advice‚ she said that I should become a barber because they made good money and listened to the radio all day. “Honey‚ they don’t work como burros‚” she would say every time I visited her. She made the sound of donkeys braying. “Like that‚ honey!” For the good advice‚ she said that I should marry a Mexican girl. “No Okies‚ hijo”—she would say— “Look‚ my son. He marry one

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    Eulogy For Grandma

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    unimportant as that day might’ve been‚ I know that not all people would even play the board game with their grandchildren. Sue Straw was born on August 11‚ 1958. She had eight siblings‚ and she would give birth to my mother on March 19‚ 1978. My Grandma is special to me because she is generous‚ dependable‚ and loving. The generosity of my grandmother‚ better known as Granny to my sister and I‚ has been shown in many ways. First‚ Granny is willing to take off work for an extended period of time

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    I flipped the page of the photo album. There I was‚ grinning happily at my grandma. In another picture‚ my grandpa was feeding me. Why couldn’t I remember? When I was just a few months old‚ I was sent to live with my grandparents. They raised me for about two years‚ and then I went back to America to my parents. In my opinion‚ infancy is the most difficult stage in the process of raising a child. Loud shrieks‚ diaper changing and wailing in the middle of the night- it doesn’t sound very appealing

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    Personal Letter Task: Write a personal letter of thanks to a friend or relative who has given you a gift on an occasion of your choice or write a personal piece expressing your own personal experiences‚ thoughts and feelings. It may the form of a poem‚ song or a short story Guidelines: The letter or personal piece should be hand written on one side of a page. Use good quality unlined paper. Assessment Criteria Current personal letter or personal story conventions should be used (see notes/textbook)

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    A Doll S House Symbol

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    A Doll’s House In A Doll’s House by Henrick Ibsen‚ money symbolizes what some characters seek or have gotten into problems over. It seems that this whole play revolves around it and drama is created because of it. The common saying “money can’t buy happiness” is proven untrue in the beginning of this play when one of the main characters‚ Nora‚ is always joyous and perky when she convinces her husband to give her more money. Throughout this play‚ money forces characters to show their true selves

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    Hernando De Soto Tours Hernando De Soto sent out on an expedition to find an empire abounding in gold and jewels. He had six hundred troops‚ 213 horses‚ a pack of fighting hounds to aid him in his search‚ and his heard of swine. He landed in Florida May 28‚ 1539 in Tampa Bay in search for his gold. Shortly after arriving in pursuit of Indians his men were surprised to hear one of them shout in Spanish‚ “Do not slay me‚ cavalier; I am a Christian!” They were lucky to find a survivor of the Narvaez

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    Lizzie Turovsky A Doll’s House The play‚ A Doll’s House‚ by Henrik Ibsen‚ showcases a traditional marriage of a middle class couple in the Victorian Era. The marriages in the late nineteenth century were severely confining; the woman’s role was to be nurturing and submissive‚ while the man’s was to be powerful in both his work and domestic life. Similarly to these traditional matrimonies‚ the marriage of the protagonists‚ Nora and Torvald‚ emphasizes the implausibility of individuals to both meet

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    English 2030 Mar 5th‚ 2013 A reading of Gary Soto’s “Behind Grandma’s House” The poem talks about main character that has intense craving for attention from family‚ friends‚ and even strangers. Because of this kind of intense craving‚ the character has hostile behavior‚ rebellious acts of misconduct‚ and a lack of respect for authority. The boy in “Behind grandma’s House” does so as a way to appear tough and intimidating. At the end of this poem‚ the Grandma finally shows up‚ and stops the boy.

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    modern society make life altering decisions on a daily basis. Women today have prestigious and powerful careers unlike in earlier eras. It is more common for women to be full time employees than homemakers. In 1879‚ when Henrik Ibsen wrote “A Doll ’s House”‚ there was great controversy over the outcome of the play. Nora’s walking out on her husband and children was appalling to many audiences centuries ago. Divorce was unspoken‚ and a very uncommon occurrence. As years go by‚ society’s opinions on

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