necessarily make her happier. Mrs. Linde sacrifices the love of her life‚ Krogstad‚ and marries a man who is wealthier. Another case that the author shows the struggle of females is with Nora. Nora sacrifices herself by borrowing money to help Torvald‚ and she loses the children she
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enough to touch them. The tree may also be seen as a representation of Nora’s role in the house. She is merely a decoration used to make the house a family look perfect. The fact that she dresses up the tree depicts herself as she dresses up for Torvald at the party yet he is not allowed to see her till the part begins‚ just as the children are not allowed to see the tree until it is done. The tree may also be seen as Nora’s mental state as at the end‚ the tree is “stripped of its ornaments and
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to please Torvald (her husband): "I wish I’d torn it to pieces"; she attempts to restore it and resign herself to her situation right after: "I’ll ask Mrs Linde to help". In Act III‚ Torvald ignores his wife’s plea for forgiveness in order to make a moral judgement: "You’ve killed my happiness.You’ve destroyed my future". "I can never trust you again." Later on in the same act‚ he contradicts himself: "I’ll change. I can change-"; much after Nora confronts him: "Sit here‚ Torvald. We have to
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Compare and Contrast Paper The Yellow wallpaper and A Doll’s house In class we discussed various stories that linked themselves in different perspectives. Some were related through plot and setting and others through characters and themes. Yet the same way that they were related‚ they also conflicted with each other. Just like the stories The Yellow Wallpaper and A Doll’s house. In both of these stories they show very similar characters that share the same idea and concept. The setting also
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superficiality and materialistic behavior from Nora‚ but this view soon changes as Ibsen reveals his realistic writing style. Deceit is first seen as she consumes macaroons secretively‚ in spite of her husband’s disapproval. She begins to reassure to Torvald that she‚ “should not think of going against (his) wishes’‚”(Ibsen‚1.4) and is dishonest once again when telling him Chritine Linde and Dr. Rank brought her the desserts. This fraudulence continues as she searches for a way to hastily pay a debt which
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her husband’s treatment. By doing this‚ she not only broke the law but she stepped away from the role society had placed on her of being totally dependent on her husband. Nora’s second change from society views was shown by her decision to leave Torvald and her children. Society demanded that she take a place under her husband By walking out she takes a position equal to her husband and brakes society’s expectations. Nora also breaks society’s expectations of staying in a marriage since divorce was
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father’s signature for him which he did not know either. This shows that Nora is not a trustworthy person or someone to look up to. After Torvald read the letter from Krogstad revealing the truth he was very angry as seen in this quote: “Now you have destroyed all my happiness. You have ruined all my future. It is horrible to think of” (Ibsen 31)! Nora also distracted Torvald from the truth by stalling with the Tarantella which is another thing a hero would not do. Finally‚ Nora walked out on her family
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The Effect of Fear Fear can impact us in many ways. It limits us from doing things we want in life and even for ourselves. It constrains us‚ affects all our actions and decisions‚ and ends up ruling our lives. It may also lead us to do inadequate steps that may destruct others and us. On the other hand‚ fear stays as the permanent alarm in our lives that keeps us from doing reckless moves and actions. There exist multiple reasons that make this topic interesting. The various effects of fear on society
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WINDOWS VS LINUX Ali Elreda ENG 352-456 Professor Moylan 3/16/2013 Table of Contents Abstract This article is a comparison between two similar but yet different operating systems Microsoft Windows and Linux. One will have a clear idea about each of these systems and would not find it difficult choosing between them. An operating system is somewhat a software program that connects the users with the hardware of the computer. Without an operating system a computer is useless. There
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