Henrik Ibsen

In “A Room with a View,” by E.M. Forster, there are two main settings: Florence, Italy and Summer Street, England. These two locations may belong to the same continent, but their significance and influence differs widely. Florence, Italy is portrayed as whimsical and dramatic in the book. During Lucy’s time in Florence, there’s almost always something happening, whether it be a murder in broad daylight (28) or getting caught receiving a kiss from a man of lower class (47). This likely…

Defining a female antagonist’s characteristics within a role is often separated into more defined stereotypes, ones usually created in part of society’s omnipresent assumptions of gender roles. Rigorously seen during Disney’s ‘Golden Age’ of the 1930’s and towards the beginning of the ‘Renaissance’ period of the 1990’s, the relationship between the female protagonist and antagonist are created through the lens of Disney’s matriarchal figures. As Bell notes, ‘The teenaged heroine at the idealized…

The Enemy is a horror novel written by Charlie Higson, published in 2011. The Enemy is a book written in present day London about zombies. The zombie disease started in New York and anyone over sixteen contracted it. Any group of zombies are called Grownups, while separately they were mothers and fathers. The children took shelter in groups in different locations, and in time built small fortresses. All of the fortresses are named after the town that they were in. all the kids in London started…

It was early November, 1929. The beginning of the Great Depression. Lillian was playing with her doll upstairs in the room she and her sister shared. It was a porcelain doll given to her by her father. Lillian named her Little Lillian since she looked almost identical to the doll. Lillian was a nine year old girl. She had red hair, pale skin, and green eyes. She loved staying inside and reading, playing board games, and card games. Lillian and was as happy as ever. Lillian was imagining Little…

Assignment #3 1. Babes in Toyland A hilarious family-friendly musical featuring the clumsy toymakers Stannie Dum and Oliver Dee (Laurel and Hardy) that help save the fairytale characters of Toyland. Li’l Abner The ladies flock towards main character Li’l Abner, originally from the comic strip; it is decided that the women will race to decide who becomes Li’l Abner’s wife. Buck Privates Slicker and Herbie (Abbott & Costello) bring their comedic antics to the military as they accidently…

“Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.” A Doll’s House was written around the nineteenth century in which was a period of drastic changes. A huge economic boom took place in Norway which brought rise to the middle class. This than led to an obsession for money and power but also brought a society who made women powerless. A Doll’s House opened on the scene of…

The idea of an evil doll as a gateway for a pissed-off spirit to torment people has been used in movies such as “Child’s Play” and its “Chucky” sequels. In “Annabelle,” the creepy possessed doll from last year’s “The Conjuring” gets its own origin story. “The Conjuring” was known for its great cinematography done by John R. Leonetti, who directed “Annabelle.” Similar to “The Conjuring,” the two main characters, a young married couple, are followed by the cameras in order to give its audience…

The Doll in the Garden, by Mary Downing Hahn, is a novel with a mysterious garden that has many secrets. This book is about a young girl that experiences something unusual but amazing. The setting takes place at Ashley’s new home in Monkton Mills. The setting affects it characters because if Ashley would have never moved, she could have never found the secrets in the garden. The text states, “As Louisa had told me, he knew the way to her world and back again to mine.” This story kept me…

knowledge that alcoholism and festivities bring to him. He breaks free from what the world expects of him so that he may live a more enjoyable life. Ibsen uses two allusions to Greek and Roman mythology within his paper. The first are the vine leaves that Hedda always imagines Eilert to be wearing. This symbol is pulled from Bacchus, the Roman…

society is never satisfied, the issues that matter the most are constantly changing and shifting. Topics that are considered taboo will be looked at from a distance until enough people join together to make a statement. In the play “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen there are multiple themes that, at the time, people wanted to ignore and move on as if there was never a problem with the way people were being treated. Ibsen’s play featured two prominent themes, gender equality and idealism. These two…