A Doll's House
A Dolls House by Henrik Isben is about a young woman and her life. The main characters name is Nora Helmer. She is married to a bank manager named Trovald. In the early years of their marriage just after their first child Trovald becomes ill. Doctors say that he will not live unless he goes abroad i....

A Doll's House (The Transformation of Nora)
During the time in which the play took place society frowned upon women asserting themselves. Women were supposed to play a role in which they supported their husbands, took care of their children, and made sure everything was perfect around the house. Nora is portrayed as a doll throughout the pl....

A Dolls House
Becoming Independent Throughout A Dolls House, Henrik Ibsen illustrates through an intriguing story how a once infantile-like woman gains independence and a life of her own. Ibsen creates a naturalistic drama that demonstrates how on the outside Nora and Torvald seam to have it all, but in reality....

A Dolls House
In the play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Nora Helmer played a realistic part in the play. She was not your ordinary housewife. She represents some situations of what housewives are still going through in today's time. Her character in the play describes her as if she is on auto pilot doing everyt....

A Dolls House
In A Doll's House, Ibsen created an unhappy family. This family's unhappiness was brought upon them by the lack of trust that they have in each other. Nora and Helmer's relationship is a perfect example of what a real relationship should not be like. They have their ups and downs, like every fa....

A Dolls House - How does the play dramatise the representation of femininity?
Henrik Ibsens 1879 play A Dolls House was a controversial play highlighting the life of a female protagonist looking for her individuality; it portrayed women as having her own purpose and goals. The main female character Nora Helmer changes during the play finally realising that she must stop p....

A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen
A Dolls House. A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen is a powerful play about the struggle of a woman for independence in the 19th century where society was male dominated. Nora is the perfect wife, or as she refers to herself a Doll. She has had a life of indulgence from her husband and father w....

A Dolls House: an overview on the short story written by Henrik Ibsen
Controversy, Deceit, and Scandal in 20th Century Drama In the early 1800's theatre plays were used merely as a form of light hearted romantic entertainment, but Henrik Ibsen wrote A Doll's House in a manner that used drama as a vehicle to examine social issues of the time period. Exposing the fl....

Literary Impact of Symbolism Used in Sophocles Oedipus the King and Henrik Ibsens A Dolls House
Oedipus the King by Sophocles and A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen are revolutionary works in literature. In Oedipus the King, Oedipus is an over-confident character who is greatly affected by the hubris that he suffers from. Oedipus, throughout the story, is on a quest for truth on who murdered....

Perception of Women
Perception of Women In todays society, women are gaining more status than ever before. More women are attending college, entering the work field, and participating in activities that were previously dominated by men. However, is our society overjoyed with the slow rise of womens power or reluct....

Raise the Red Lantern vs A Dolls House
Compare the ways in which the authors of the two texts explore the idea that, sometimes, rules need to be broken. Although being based in entirely different cultures and time, the two texts, Raise the Red Lantern, a film by Yimou, and A Doll's House, a play by Ibsen, present common issues s....

Role of Society in A Dolls House
'In Ibsen's drama A Doll's House he explores the conflict between an individual's duty to society and to themselves' In Henry Ibsen's drama A Dolls House, Ibsen returns to the subject so vital to him, the social lie and duty, only this time in a sacred foundation of a home and in the position of ....

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