Reflective statement for WIT-Minal The topics discussed were: “ In what ways do time and place matter to this work?” and “What connections did you find between issues in the work and your own culture and experience?” “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen is a playwright based in Norway in the 1870’s. To some extent‚ time matters to this work because it brings up the issues of roles of women in the 1870’s. Women were not very independent at that time and had to take permissions from a male authoritarian
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David Rosenblatt English 12 Mr. Knapp 12 February 2015 Pampered or Pampers In the Victorian Era‚ there was a lack of respect for women‚ along with the reality that women did not work or contribute to the family’s funding. In Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll House”‚ Nora displays acts of extreme immaturity and irresponsibility‚ comparable to that of a child. Nora clearly had no sense of the value of money‚ due to the fact that she was pampered by her father and husband; she never had to work a day in her life
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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 • Needs of the male come first. • Men pursue their own destiny. Women:
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interruption or cessation of regular routine. In this sense‚ death can be viewed as a more positive occurrence‚ because change leads to new experience‚ which‚ in turn‚ leads to knowledge and a better understanding of life. The plays Othello and A Doll House both encompass the theme of death. While the former deals with physical death‚ the latter depicts a change‚ a transformation of a period of time and a way of life. Shakespeare’s Othello is a tragedy. The villain gains trust by appearing honest
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Form and Structure Ibsen・s ．A Dolls House・ has two strands to the main plot; one being Nora and Torvald・s relationship (linking Krogstad) and the other‚ an underlining sub-plot involving Christine and Krogstad. With in the structure of the play Ibsen uses this parallel situation to highlight certain aspects of each character‚ for example the sobriety of Christine to the careless child like manner of Nora. Ibsen uses many different styles of from and structure to make sure the audience is grasped
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Text Title: The Dolls House Author: Katherine Mansfield In the short story "The Dolls House"‚ Katherine Mansfield expresses the theme of discrimination through the characteristics of both the Burnell family and the Kelvey’s. When the three Burnell daughters (Isabel‚ Kezia‚ and Lottie) are given a dolls house by "dear old Mrs Hay"‚ they are
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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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and the play Fences both contain similar themes and plot. Even though both are very similar‚ there are glaring different in their stories. The film Death of a salesman is about a man name Willy Loman who is struggling in making a living with his current job as a salesman. He has a loving a wife name Linda and two adult sons‚ Biff and Happy. Willy share and unstable relationship both his son (primary Happy) as he believe they are not making the most out of themselves. In the play Fences‚ tell the story
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John Steinbeck‚ there are two characters that rarely get to speak to the others on the farm they live on. Crooks‚ a disabled black stable buck‚ and Curley’s wife‚ the wife of the farm owner’s son. Both characters seem equally lonely on the farm‚ but when you look deeper you can see that Curley’s wife is more lonesome than Crooks. Curley’s wife is always looking for Curley‚ as he is the only person she is supposed to talk to. She repeatedly asks the men‚ “Any of you boys seen Curley?” (Steinbeck 76)
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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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