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“...With me you could have been another person.” (3.53) In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, Christine remarks on the fact that if she had not left Krogstad, his life would be completely different. The quote reflects the recurring theme of the play, which is that a plentitude characters’ lives are affected by single actions. The protagonist of the story, Nora Helmer, makes multiple decisions throughout the play that completely alter the course of her life, but one choice in particular affects her…

Living in a “programmed” society as the ones depicted in the play A Doll’s House written by Henrik Ibsen and the film Water directed by Deepa Mehta, the main characters in these two works were all trapped by their religious faith and the social conventions during that particular setting. Both works were surrounding the theme of female rights and this showed how even in different countries and time, discrimination toward the women was the same. These difficult conditions incentivise the main…

These days’ tiny houses have been looked at these small spaced places that people live due to financial limitations (also described as small prisons). Whereas Tiny houses originally were introduced as these luxurious places that people would live in because they could spend their money on pleasures and live a "luxurious" lifestyle; rather than a small place with limited space. In addition to that, people who live in a micro-houses have a “larger life outside with a lighter conscience” (Wilkinson…

In Act I, Nora is the happy bird and Kristine is the one who is tired and desperate for work. By Act III, Kristine is going into a future with a husband and children; Nora will leave the house without a husband or children. Krogstad has a change of heart and all is better for Kristine and himself. Nora is left with a broken dream. This change or transformation, according to Lorraine Markotic, faces Nora to deal with reality, and she is now…

There are a lot of things that people do to make their home more comfortable, beautiful and worth a bit more money if they were to sell. Should you decide that an outdoor living space would be the perfect addition to your home, you'll have a lot to think about. How you want it to look, how much you are willing to spend and what features you want are all important, but you'll always have to decide if you will do the job yourself or hire a professional contractor. Before you start your outdoor…

A Doll’s House, written during the Nineteenth Century by Henrik Ibsen revealed three acts, in which, one of the first examples of realist drama was presented in theatre. Based in the Helmer household, Ibsen created the stage to ensure that the audience was able to identify with the setting of the stage. In terms of the modern audience viewing the text both Feminist and Marxist literary criticism perspectives assists to widen the appreciation of Ibsen’s questioning of his society. Through the…

“A Doll’s House” is one woman’s transition from a housewife with a bit of a defiant streak to complete independence over the course of a few days. Nora Helmer’s rebellion against her husband and movement towards modern womanhood starts out rather innocuously. When Nora is introduced to us, in the first act, she is simply a young woman who wishes to protect her husband and perhaps have the slightest bit of freedom for herself. However, as situations begin to deteriorate her disposition changes,…

"A Doll's House is the first full-blown example of Ibsen's modernism." While looking at the unreconciled ending of A Doll's House, which sets Nora's need to be first and foremost a human being against her roles as doll or as wife and mother, and offends society's need for faith in the idea of the divine and the beautiful to survive". The celebration and self-fulfillment of women was atypical for this time Promotion of equal rights and liberties I would like to look at this play from the…

A Play “A Doll’s House” written by Henrik Ibsen gives a fascinating story and an interesting ending at the end of the play. The main characters, Torvald and Nora Helmer, live a life struggling with money and family bonding. The wife, Nora Helmer, struggles to express herself as well as have a difficult time living with her husband, Torvald Helmer. Nora’s life is ruled over by her husband like a puppet or doll and it was a rightful decision for Nora to leave the family. The ultimate result can…

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen is an illustration about an issue of women’s rights in Norway society during1878, during which women were expected to be undoubtedly obedient to their fathers, and husbands as well. The play is known as Ibsen’s strong desire about human being. It also a challenge to traditional rules about women’s rights. Women were normally sacrificed their lives for other people’s feeling, or devoted themselves for their husbands’ happiness. A good example about sacrificial role…