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5 Cards in this Set
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What context is being used in the introduction |
- women assumed to desire marriage due to appeal of becoming a mother and household wife, not for emotional satisfaction -prostitution was prevalent in 19th century society (sexual objectification in male dominate society) |
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What point is being made in paragraph 1 |
Nora is frequently patronised in a Dolls house - pet names and possessive pronouns (e.g. "my little songbird) associates Nora with small and fragile creatures, contrasting to Torvald’s predatory portrayal - Nora is treated like a child and is not respected as an intelligent individual (unsurprising as women were often uneducated or educated in 'accomplishments which were the skills needed to attract a husband) |
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What point is being made in paragraph 2 |
Laura doesn't conform to stereotypical gender roles, however is still controlled by men - succumbs to her desires for "plump unpeck'd cherries" and "rare pears" (underlying sexual tones.) For a woman to have such sexual desires would have been viewed as inappropriate by the contemporary reader - Laura falls into the trap of the goblin men + becomes dependent on them from survival, similarly to the way Nora is trapped by the institution of marriage and becomes reliant on Torvald to support her and the family (would have been the case of most 19th century women) |
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What is in Paragraph 3 |
Nora wishes to escape the confines of male domination - shown in defiance such as eating "forbidden" macaroons and hiding her debt to Krogstad from Torvald - also shown in underlying suicidal tones of quotations such as "do you think they'd miss their mother if she went away from them - forever?" |
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What is in Paragraph 4 |
The female narrator in from the antique also wished to escape the confines of male domination, much like Nora - limitations of being a woman are expressed in "it's a weary life" and her desperation to escape this life is expressed in the repetition of "I wish and I wish I were a man" in which male domination and independence is seen as idealistic in the eyes of a woman suppressed by a sexist society - the appeal of the escape provided by suicide is also hinted in quotations such as "none would miss me in all the world |
