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Henrik Ibsen’s play “A Doll’s House,” Ibsen collectively displays a story of a disintegrating marriage in an unidentified 19th-century Scandinavian town, where a controversy is centered around a character named Nora, and her decision to abandon her husband and children. In the years of when this play was written and performed, there was a complete understanding where most men believed that women were best suited to be mothers and wives, and never to leave the house. Ibsen took this known…

Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Although Saint Aloysius Gonzaga has passed, his influence, story, and legacy will not be forgotten. Aloysius Gonzaga was born on March 9th, 1568. He was born in Italy to a family of power. Throughout Gonzaga’s life he endured major sickness, a conversion to the Jesuits, and a death caused by disease. Saint Gonzaga’s legacy has been remembered to this day through the naming of numerous schools and a university (“Society of Jesus”). Although his life was cut short by…

Position of Women in A Doll’s House Compared to Modern Day Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 play, A Doll’s House, demonstrates the ongoing struggle of a woman to be of equal position to a man’s in terms of education, place in society, work, and respect. In this play, Nora Helmer, wife of Torvald Helmer, is constantly being treated like a child, and Torvald very clearly expresses that he is superior to her throughout this play. Nora is put in a very difficult situation when she secretly borrows money in…

Since the assimilation of the native American tribes into white culture, there has been many cultures that have disappeared. Some cultures have been lost forever, but fortunately there has been an awakening and a willingness to preserve certain cultures and languages. One specific example is the Chickasaw culture. One way to reclaim their history and heritage is through the Chickasaw Cultural Center in Sulphur, Oklahoma. The cultural center is located on 109 acres of land and includes a museum,…

Power Shift in the Dollhouse Changing and discovering who we are is what everyone does everyday, but can people and society influence shape who we are? A Doll’s House is a play written by Henrik Ibsen in 1879. The main character of the play is Nora, who goes through a big transformation, from being the obedient helpless wife, to deciding to leave and discover herself, freeing herself from the dollhouse she lives in to discover the woman she will become. Nora’s behavior was a reflection of the…

she did have family money, was one of the few people who was able to change a large number of lives without having a company or charity behind her supplying her with money. This is why Jane Addams’ achievements, specifically the opening of the Hull House, in the Progressive Era, demonstrated that one does not need to have a wide-spread well-funded…

know not to run away because of what happens to slaves if they get caught. They also know not to learn how to read or write because they know that Waller will punish them bad if he does find out. Lastly, slaves also know not to go near the master’s house because, like Alice, they will get whipped very…

The source is an excerpt of a biography about King Louis VI, who is a Capetian king of France that ruled from 1108 to 1137. It is written by Abbot Suger who was the abbot of the royal monastery of St. Denis, Paris from 1122 until his death in 1151.The excerpt is a primary source and it is located in Chapter 24: The Overthrow of Thomas of Marle’s castles at Crècy and Nouvion in The Deeds of King Louis The Fat. Suger served as an aide and advisor to the French king. He was the primary chronicler…

As a tribute to the story of the Bible, Donatello and Michelangelo both recreated David through their own interpretations. Both artists were similarly influenced by the environment around them as they recreated this figure. The sculpted faces of Donatello’s and Michelangelo’s Davids each reflect a representation of the Florentine government at the time of their creation. Although the actual date of the sculpting of David is unknown, a rough estimate claims for it to be around 1420s to 1460s.…

are always together. However, we could still say that they work in pair. In The Turn of the Screw, good and evil stand together. The mystery stays predominant and the characters are as enigmatic on their past as they are on what is going on in the house. Throughout the play, our certainties are most of the time shaken; we come to realize that at the end of the play there is no clear answer that we get, so it is up to us to admit that the Governess may or may not be mentally strange. A bright…