Henrik Ibsen

Marriage has never been taken lightly. Marriage is a commitment between two people to stay loyal through any types of hardships. However, throughout history, social issues have caused marriages to represent vain agreements of convenience. In A Doll’s House, Nora has all a typical woman of Norway in the 1800s could want in life. A beautiful home, wonderful children, and a husband who can provide for her. However, when her husband discovers a secret that she thought would stay forever in the past,…

Back in Marinette's room, Marinette is at her desk, writing words then scratching them out on a piece of paper. She complains to Tikki that writing love letters are difficult. Tikki suggests that Marinette just writes a response to Adrien's letter. Marinette wonders why she didn't think of that earlier, then Alya enters, holding a pink heart-shaped card. Marinette immediately gets to work, her words coming easier as she writes. When she's finished, Alya reminds her to sign the card, but both of…

The light, dress, Christmas tree, Macaroon, New Years, Skylark and the never altering setting reveal characteristics about Nora that ultimately leads to her her the inability of her being controlled. Props and details about the setting affect Nora's actions because each contribute to each aspect of her life. Each of these props show that Nora was looked at as a doll and a human with flaws. In a typical doll house, the doll is being controlled. The doll is dressed and undressed. Nora was given a…

In the play A Doll House Nora decides to leave her husband, Torvald Helmer, and her two children. She thinks about doing this multiple times during the course of the play, but has different reasons for why she should leave. For example, her reasoning for leaving in the middle of the play is different from her reasoning to leave at the end of the play. In the end of the play she makes her final reason for why she leaves her family. I agree with choice she makes because it would make her a…

Life is like a routine. People focus on getting the job done or just watching television every day at the same time. People do not pay attention to the little things that are worth a lot when it is gone. Our Town written by Thornton Wilder is about George Gibbs and Emily Webb life divided up into three acts. In the Acts was about George and Emily relationship as a kid in school to getting married and last but not least Emily dying from childbirth. Appreciate the little things and live in the…

In Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, the main character Blanche is on mission to find a stable place in life, but she has too many skeletons in her closet which prevents her from the telling truth. When she arrives at her sister’s apartment she realizes the living conditions are not the way she expected. Her brother in law Stanley, and sister Stella are used to these living conditions, but Blanche is standing in the way of the couple’s progression. In Arthur Miller’s Death of a…

There’s no escaping the fairy tale in popular culture; a woman trapped under duress, awaiting for a man to rescue her. It’s an archetype that transcends time and continent, but whether it’s approach to gender roles is outdated is an entirely different question. Louise Bourgeois was fascinated with this concept, due to her parents tumultuous relationship and the trauma surrounding identity that pursued her throughout her life. One of the pieces that highlighted the existence of gender roles in…

Nora is the main character in Ibsen’s play. She is forced to view her life in reference to her motherly roles, wifely duties, and as a worker. During the 19th century when the play was written, many people thought of women as mothers and housewives and nothing else. This is a perception that is challenged at the end of the play when Nora abandons her children in pursuit of herself and freedom, a move unheard of during her time. It was almost a taboo for a woman to leave behind her…

Short Story Analysis of A Goodman is Hard to Find Flannery O'Connor uses conflict in A Goodman is Hard to Find to demonstrate the tendency of people to change beliefs when faced with adversity through the actions of the grandmother. Originally, the grandmother believed herself to be a good woman with strong beliefs but as the story progressed, her ideals shifted. O'Connor portrayed this mainly at the end of the story when the family encountered the Misfit. The Misfit, a recently escaped prisoner…

Just when you think everything was perfect, it get messed up and you realize what you have been struggling against the injustice of inequality due to gender. A Doll’s House illustrates that situation perfectly because; the protagonist, Nora, was modeled into perfect citizen of “justice”, she made a mistake and beckoned the conflict which would change her life, and at final, Nora suddenly notices the injustice behind the social system that she is in. Therefore, our protagonist sets out to…