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    beatifying the image that her household projects to the outside world is obvious in Act I. Her naïve‚ childish and irresponsible character is clearly shown by the way she spends money‚ says utterly inappropriate things to Ms. Linde and manipulates Torvald through flirting. However‚ Nora’s “true” character is revealed in the end of the story when she suddenly realizes that all that time she had been in an illusionary relationship. Her decision to leave the house shows what a dynamic and determined person

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    | Comparison of the marriages portrayed in Middlemarch and A Doll’s House : How they foster or hinder the intellectual and spiritual growth of both husbands and wives? | Middlemarch by Georges EliotA Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen | | | | Plan of the analysis: Introduction 1. Marriage between illusions and disillusions (1) Idealisation/expectation (a) Education (b) Love (2) Unveiling (c)

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    The Theme of Love An Analysis of Love in Plays Since the beginning of time writers haven chosen a variety of themes to include in their works. The most widely used and complex theme is love. Love is not a specified as a certain feeling or action. For centuries literary plays have employed love into accomplishing their intended outcome of their play. The theme of love emphasizes mutual love‚ mutual esteem and freedom to choose. Writers tend to make the theme of love become personal and understandable

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    Sometimes in life you feel like you have to run away other times you feel like you have to stay.A Doll’s House at the end of the play Nora and Torvald got into a fight over the events that occurred during the play. Secrets were kept‚lies were made and emotions poured. Throughout the fight I am in the middle on whether Nora’s should leave. Nora had many things going through her mind through the play. When everything comes out about the stuff she has been hiding the letters the kept secrets and

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    nothing has really changed. She married someone who spoils her just like her father had. Nora has never had a job or been able to support herself and this is one of the reasons that she abandons her family later on in the play. Nora’s husband Torvald also has a character flaw; he is very bossy and controlling. He always treats Nora like some sort of a pet rather than his wife. He always tries to keep her on the shortest leash possible and tries to control everything that she does. He only gives

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    are safe and sound under my wing.He also doesn’t consider her as an equal in the household matters.He bars her from taking any responsibility in the household beyond dealing with the children. She is treated‚ by him‚ like a child herself.Moreover‚Torvald also expects that Nora will agree with him on all matters of importance. His opinions are to be

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    ash from the wood-firing did to his pieces that he’s made. One of his friends‚ Kurt Weiser discovered a type of clay‚ called Helmer and David found that it added some feldspar and that it had a body that was somewhat similar to Shigaraki clay. From finding this out‚ David decided to make some pieces out of Helmer clay. When he fired those pieces that were made out of Helmer‚ they came out to having a flashing‚ orange color rather than having a brownish‚ muddy color that came from most other wood-firing

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    Outline Prescribed question: Power and privilege: “How and why is a social group represented in a particular way? Title of text for analysis: A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen‚ Norway 1879. Task is related to course section: Part 3: Literature texts and context Task focus: This essay focuses on Ibsen’s way of representing women‚ it explains why does he represent them in that specific particular way and how the time‚ era and context he lived in affected this aim. It states that women are

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    Caged Birds Without A Song Written within the nineteenth century‚ both Susan Glaspell’s Trifles and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House‚ use symbolism within the play to illustrate how different the roles were between men and women during this time. Reputation and public appearance were viewed as intrinsic forms of value within nineteenth century marriages‚ as though they were solely the backbone of the marriage’s success. Women were viewed as subordinates‚ mere extensions of their husbands‚ creating

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    characterization is a flagship example of the way Henrik Ibsen wrote all the characters in the play: representations of man’s true multi­faceted nature. On the surface the reader makes quick judgement about the content of the roles’ characters; Nora‚ ditzy; Torvald‚ loving; Linde‚ reliable; and Krogstad‚ evil. It is not merely a convenience to the plot when Krogstad’s true nature is revealed‚ but the first obvious example of Ibsen’s desire to show the reader that not everyone is simply a one­layered individual

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