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    Greater warmth in the heart rather than the home In the play A Doll’s House written by Henrik Ibsen, Nora, the main character is the epitome of the oppressed women. During the time the play was written women were under the control of men. Ibsen uses the stove, an ordinary household item, as a tool for Nora to free herself from being restrained. Initially she uses the stove for comfort and stability, but as the play unfolds its symbol turns threatening. The first encounter between the stove…

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    Communism In Vietnam

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    adopted the present day name for the party during the Fourth Congress. The success of communism in Vietnam can be contributed to the country’s colonization under French. When France claimed Vietnam, they introduced the country to European culture, as well as to Communism. Which is an ideology originating in Europe. Then “by forcing the Viet Minh government to lead national resistance against colonialism, the French inadvertently helped the Communists acquire much-needed legitimacy.” However,…

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    Individuals learn new things about themselves every day. They go through different pressures and actions that help them better understand themselves. In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, Nora Helmer was a character who transitioned throughout the play. Nora recognized and learned new things about herself from dealing with many different life changing problems and situations. It took one incident for Nora to learn that throughout her whole life she was never happy. This is a true example of someone…

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    The play A Doll House has a fairly limited number of characters, but those who are in the play are quite memorable. A contributing factor to the characters’ memorability is the era in which the play takes place. Many ideas and attitudes were much different back then, but the one that the play accentuates is society’s view and treatment of women in that era. Society saw women as incapable and only useful for doing things around the house and making their husbands look good. They were seen to be…

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    Henrik Ibsen has a true talent when it comes to making a thought provoking piece of work. In Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll 's House, Nora Helmer was awakened to a harsh reality after the arrival of her friend Christina Linden. The plot of the play centers on the lives of Nora Helmer and her husband Torvald Helmer. Nora took out a loan from Nils Krogstad in order the save Torvald’s life and she is trying her hardest to keep her secret. Christina appears in the life of Nora and Torvald seemingly out…

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    In “Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck and A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, both authors illustrate in readers minds that women back then had no freedom and always doubted themselves, because of how men treated them. The authors shows that during this time `men made women feel insecure and weak. They viewed women as housewives only allowing them to do hard chores all day. Over time the women began to feel like undervalued prisoners in their own homes. Women’s way of thinking and their behaviors…

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    Khan’s essay, The Absent Mother in King Lear, delved into the history, reasoning, and psychology of family hierarchy, the role of women, and the contrast between men and women through the eyes of society. Khan introduces two points in her essay that correlate with the well known HBO TV show Game of Thrones, a tv show that is based on the bestselling series Game of Thrones. The first point of connection is the idea of women having worth to a family structure only through being a sexual partner…

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    Business Plan We are the Underground: a haunted house attraction that is located in a cavern. Our goal is to create a truly frightening experience in a very untraditional way by focusing more on the actors and natural setting rather than large effects and displays. We operate seasonal, but keep our lobby/bar open all year. The attraction will consist of a self guided tour of the cave were the participants will explore, figure out what they must do through puzzles, and reading. During their…

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    When people read Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” a great number of people sense that Nora abandoned her children when she left Helmer. A mother is seen as a prominent character in how the child grows up and the love of a mother is the greatest gift of all. However, looking deeper within the story, Ibsen exposes the role of the father in a household. Hemler, who is supposed to keep the family together, brings corruption into the home by controlling and driving Nora away, leaving the children…

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    child who has been abused by their guardian because it is very hard for them to unteach what they learned as a child(Prather and Golden 65). Pip does not receive love as a child, so he tries to find it some place else. He seeks this love at the Satis house. Since Mrs. Joe institutes a conscientious mind in Pip, it is very easy for Pip to feel unworthy when he meets Miss Havisham and…

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