A Doll's House

As we know, Anna has had a troubled past. Her father died, her stepmother is equivalent to the evil stepmother in “Cinderella”, and she has had a recent change in culture and scenery. In the novel, Anna has made questionable life choices that could be chalked up to her lack of knowledge about the workings of society. We see this when looking at her relationship with Walter. Walter buys her nice things (like the pantyhose), he always gives her money (as an exchange for her services), and he…

O. Henry’s story “The Gift of the Magi” is a story about two people that sacrifice something important to them for the other to have a merry Christmas. They each sell an object they love so that they can buy something the other had wanted. In this case, the main character Della sells her hair to buy her husband, Jim a watch chain and Jim sells his watch to buy Della tortoise shell combs for her hair. The theme that sacrifice for another brings about happiness is revealed to the reader…

expensive “stone church” (page 82). Positively connotated diction such as “glorious,” “gold,” and “tinkle” (page 121) give the image of a beautiful day and a beautiful place. This differs from Italy, because in England, people care about how their house looks and use material possessions to show their wealth. In England, your wealth and monetary possessions matter more than what is in your…

Is killing someone worth saving your friend? If your friend stole something would you be loyal and help him or have justice and tell the police? Loyalty is a strong support or allegiance with a person or people. Justice is following the law. Loyalty is more important than having justice because you have to be loyal to your family, fighting for what you believe in and being loyal to your friends. First, being loyal to your family . You should always be loyal to your family. In the article When…

tries to throw it away, but she can’t. In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, Juana is represented as a strong female because she is portrayed as intuitive, strong-willed, and maternal. To begin, in The Pearl Juana is intuitive. In Juana and Kino’s brush house in La Paz Coyotito was stung by a scorpion. Juana’s first reaction was to help Coyotito and suck the poison out. “But Juana had the baby in her arms now...She put her lips…

Throughout the play, Torvald calls Nora many pet names like lark, squirrel, and spendthrift. The pet names that Torvald calls Nora show the reader that their relationship is based on Torvald being in control, and Nora being dependant on him. First of all, Torvald calls out to Nora “Is that my lark twittering there?” (Ibsen 1) The fact that he calls her a lark twittering around, sounds condescending. If you did not treat your wife as an inferior, you would not use ‘twittering’ to describe her…

A Look at “A Doll House” The famous drama “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen begins with Nora and Torvald Helmer that are happily married with children. When Torvald is sick and needs to recover in Italy, Nora secretly bought a huge loan to pay for the trip. After Torvald is well, he gets a new job at a bank that pays well. Nora is ecstatic. As the story continues, Nora and Torvald’s marriage relationship begins to drop. Ibsen shows various symbols throughout the play, but the most important…

In “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen, the reader meets the married couple Nora and Torvald Helmer. The Helmers are a typical 1880s middle –class Norwegian family yet Nora has a secret. Nora has been lying to her husband and everybody else but her intentions are always good. While Nora is trying to be a good person, she has to tell white lies to make sure everybody is happy around her. Nora may lie but it is always to protect somebody or help them even if she is going about it the wrong way.…

Nora essentially wakes up to a life epiphany where she has been living a life based on appearances and devotion to someone that treats her like his priced doll, not their spouse. Even though she sacrificed her reputation and criminal record for his health, his prejudice and misogyny did not allow him to at least acknowledge her sacrifice and validate her actions. In Torvald’s eyes, the situation made her less of a person. This was a revelation to Nora that she had been married for eight years to…

In Henrik Ibsen’s play a doll house Nora Helmer commits both a moral and legal crime. When her husband was ill a doctor said that they should go on a vacation so he can heal. However, this trip to Italy is quite expensive and they did not have the funds to pay for it. Her husband Trovald, refused to take a loan out so ,Nora Took an illegal loan from Mr. Krogstad by forging her dead father signature three days after he died(1262). From a legal perspective this is fraud and she could have been…