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It isn’t difficult to determine that A Doll’s House deals with women’s issues. The entire last scene in which Nora and Torvald have their one and only meaningful conversation with each other is filled with Nora finally asserting her own independence, wants, and wishes, culminating in her decision to leave Torvald. On the surface, it may seem that the ending and the play itself is a condemnation of marriage overall. After all, Nora realizes that she has been Torvald’s “doll-wife”, and Torvald…

Nora Helmer could be argued to be the “Doll” in the play “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen. She was spoiled by her father while growing up and now by her husband Torvald which, at first leads Nora to have a lack of reality and a sense of immaturity with childish tendencies and a lack of understanding the law. We watch how Nora slowly begins to learn how to think like an adult and become independent as the play unfolds. Her interactions with the members of the cast proves how much of an…

still feel today from society’s unattainable expectation. These women that defy the limitations society sets for them are some of the most powerful, strong role models for young women today. When comparing the two works The Awakening by and A Doll House by, Nora demonstrates strength that is greater than Edna’s through her ability to put others before herself, her ability to seek knowledge as a way to become her own person, and her act of leaving her husband. Both Edna and Nora, living in about…

In the play A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen utilizes the dialogue between Torvald Helmer and Nora to expose the sexist nature of their society that reduces women to inferior positions and imposes restrictive roles on them. Indeed, Ibsen reveals his desire to modify these confining societal norms through Nora’s transformation at the end of the play, evident through her shift in language to Helmer, and further in her denunciation of all obligations society foists upon women. Torvald Helmer’s language…

Beach House designed by Alexander Symes of Australia, is an incredible beach home that sits up high on the coast of the Tasman Sea. The family beach home consists of: a “floating box” living space that sits on top of concrete pillars, a ground floor that contains the majority of the community space, and an underground loggia that opens out to a beautiful sub-terranian courtyard. From low energy LED lighting systems to a bedroom with the most envy inspiring ocean view, the Austinmer Beach House…

Twenty Years at Hull House by Jane Addams modeled a method in social work that existed in contrast to the Charitable Organization Societies (COS). Addams chose to live among the disadvantaged and immigrant populations, seeking a reciprocal relationship that would encourage a symbiotic existence between social classes (p. 59). Where Hull House did not attempt to decide the fate of the poor, COS existed solely to facilitate “friendly visitors” to enter the homes of the poor and use the data they…

596-597.) She becomes the perfect wife and mother. She pleases her husband in every way possible. She doesn't contradict his opinion. She still doesn't have an identity and is just the wife of Tovald Helmer. She builds her entire world around him and believes he is her hero who will always protect her as if she were a delicate flower. She puts her children and husband before herself. She believes, she only has value if she is a "good mother and wife." For the happiness of her family, she…

meaning. The story “The Fall of the House of Usher” is an example of this style of writing. Throughout this short story writer Edgar Allan Poe uses a collection of symbols in his eerie yet remarkable story. One of Poe’s many symbols is the title itself. “The house of Usher” is not only where the Usher family lives, but it is also how the surrounding people referred to them. The Usher family was well known for marrying in the family. At the end of the story when the house falls; hints, the title…

Henrik Ibsen’s, A Doll’s House, explores common situations that women faced in the Victorian Era. Ibsen wrote and established his play in the Victorian time of history, when women struggled against the world which viewed females as inferior to men and limited as to what they can do. Males were dominating and highly respected during this era. On the contrary, females were expected to put men on a pedestal and had no other option but to live up to societal expectations to men. Three female…

within Hill House on people for a summer. Although Eleanor’s feeling is conflicted by the death of her mother, she is extremely contented with the fact that she is freed from her imprisoned life. It is time for self-discovery. As she approaches Hill House, she excitedly imagines a different her with a different family, in which she would meet many great people and would be enjoying her simple life. Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House incorporates the idea of family into a haunted house.…