Elizabeth Van Lew

Throughout the play, “A Doll’s House”, Henrik Ibsen conveys a sense of realism in numerous ways and using various techniques. Theatrical realism was a general movement of the 19th century characterised by the accurate portrayal of everyday life and social conventions. Premiered in the 1879, Denmark, “A Doll’s House” initially received heavy criticism for its controversial attitude towards marriage norms and the role of women in society. In a Victorian society dominated by men, Ibsen saw the…

The clear division of roles between males and females in the late 19th century Victorian era, display distinct characteristics that define how a man and woman are to behave. These attributes, or gender roles, determine the standard of society, and is what is considered to be acceptable behaviour. Author, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, more commonly known as Lewis Carroll, challenges the patriarchal gender roles in the Victorian Era by exchanging the typical attributes associated with males and…

The two short stories, "The Gift of the Magi" composed by O. Henry and "The Jewelry composed by Guy de Maupassant are both made out of two youthful, lovely ladies Mathilde and Della. Despite the fact that they are in various made stories that have comparable attributes that pass on all through the story, for example, they are both candidly and monetarily discouraged, have adoring spouses, and both need to accomplish something in an outrageous way. All through much the stories there similitudes…

A parent’s most important goal should be the happiness of his or her child. Armand Aubingy’s parents, in “Désirée’s Baby” by Kate Chopin, are the perfect example of how far one’s mother and father should be willing to go to achieve the ultimate level of happiness for their child. On the other hand, Armand is the perfect example of how a parent’s skeletons can create horrible consequences for their child. As a result of this, Armand’s parents seem to be leading factors in his denial of his…

Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House is a realistic problem play set in the late 1870s in Norway. It is a story about a typical middle-class family of the time of the play dealing with marriage and gender inequality. In Norway in the 1870s, the women grow up and go straight from living with their parents, to being married to someone who is financially stable. Also, the women did not have any real duties or power other than to please their husbands and have children. The family the play focuses on…

Imagine that you are reading a romance novel and never felt the sharp pang of love lost, how would readers like you react to the overall quality of the novel? Authors and directors utilise various literary devices and techniques in order to evoke emotional responses within their readers or viewers. The goal of evocation is to manipulate the audience’s emotion in order to evoke certain responses and reactions. Writers may utilise a character as a focal character who expresses feelings and…

Realism is a literary movement in the nineteenth century and is used in literary works to depict real life of this world that we are living in. When an author uses realism in his writing, all aspects of the works are taken into account; the characters, the setting as well as the themes should portraying the reality of this life. The protagonist in the realist works usually is from common people and is dealing with the same thing as the people at that particular era are dealing with, for instance…

The Power of False Narratives Throughout literature, and even in our own lives, we are poisoned by the false narratives and stories that corrupt our minds and control our decisions. This is the driving force in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Our protagonist, Scout Finch, makes decisions and forms opinions based on stories she hears that simply aren’t true. This is prevalent among various other major and minor characters in the novel as well. They are also extremely commonplace in…

Word Versus Word Logic can be defined as deductions made from reasoning in line with strong principles of validity. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, a good man named John Proctor who is living in an unreasonable society tries to do what he can to save his wife who has been arrested for witchcraft. During the trials, the people of Salem fail to use basic logic and reason regarding guilt, evidence, and the way the executions are carried out during the trials, ultimately leading to an obstruction…

It is astonishing how two completely different characters from two completely different books can be, at the same time, so similar to one another. Daisy Buchanan from The Great Gatsby and Jane Wellington from Uprising are girls who were raised with wealth in their family and grew up with proper techniques that separated them from those who were not as privileged as they were. Although these characters share many similarities within their lifestyle, multiple differences come in place for…