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Evaluate the Various Arguments Concerning Reform of the House of Lords (40 marks) The House of Lords is the upper house in the Uk’s Parliament, whose role is to scrutinise the legislation that the House of Commons make and propose amendments. Although all legislation has to go through the House of Lords their power has been limited in recent years and many have strong arguments against them. Some argue that in a liberal democracy like the United Kingdom it is undemocratic to have a wholly…

Victorian Age society was one that was extremely conservative and did not tolerate those who they assumed to be, was, or simply just acted unnatural or different, which is an extremely large reason as to why Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll House sparked so much controversy. The play had involved a woman named Nora Hemer, and the events leading up to as well as causing her to leave her husband, Torvald Helmer. Audiences in the Victorian Era had been stunned by this event, disgusted and astonished…

A Doll’s House ends when Nora leaves her house, husband, kids and her position in the society she belongs, to confront the world by herself. An argument with Torvald, her husband, prompts the disillusioned Nora to take this drastic decision. At the beginning of the play we see a Nora as a childish, silly, superficial and consumerist woman; and Torvald as the loving husband, only provider of the house, who in a very subtle way controls his wife’s actions and expenses. As the story goes on we…

What’s up with Rank? In A Doll House, Ibsen included very detailed and refined characters, including Dr. Rank, who is crucial to explaining many parts of the story. Not only does Dr. Rank’s lifeline mimic the state of Torvald and Nora’s marriage, but he also represents the kind of friendship Nora had always longed for, bringing a deeper understanding to the play itself. . Throughout A Doll House, Dr. Rank’s physical condition parallels the condition of the Helmer’s marriage. At the beginning of…

Ireland encompasses one such institutional “quirk” in its bicameral parliament: the House of Lords. This upper house, established in the fourteenth century, is located in central London. It currently holds 820 members who are classified as either Lords Spiritual or Lords Temporal. The former identifies bishops from the Church of England while the remaining members encompass the latter. With the advent of modernity, The House of Lords has prompted controversy on its significance with many in…

Doll House Essay During the victorian era, society functioned very differently than it does today. In his play, “A Doll House,” Henrik Ibsen observes that the social structure at that time caused the relationship between husbands and wives to be very challenging. Ibsen uses symbols such as mail, pet names, and macaroons to show how power imbalances deny couples the ability to come to each other for help in their times of need. One symbol that Ibsen uses to show the poor quality of a…

The most obscure character in The Phantom of the Opera, is the Paris Opera House. Working in duality, the opera house not only provides the setting, but it also shines a light on the hypocritical and social ills French society at the time. The opera house emphasizes the social status during a period known as the Belle Époque (The Beautiful Season), which the upper-class would come to call 'The Golden Age', during this period the standards of living was increased for the middle and upper-class.…

Doll’s House, and not The Doll’s House, nor Doll’s House. Indeed, removing the indefinite article would defeat the purpose of exposing the triviality of this situation and attributing it a universal value. Such is the case for Nora: a young girl living her life as ‘a doll’ in a society fixated on superficial appearances over truth and integrity. However, as the play progresses, such appearances prove to be misleading and false, and reveal themselves to be facades of deception. In A Doll’s House,…

To begin with, symbolism is a powerful tool incorporated into plays that can be utilized for different purposes. In Doll’s House, a predominant symbol is the Christmas tree that is delivered to Nora’s house. The simple explicit message is that the tree coveys to readers that Christmas is approaching. It is a festive object meant to serve as a decorative and symbolizes family happiness and unity. However, the Christmas tree is more than just a festive object. In the play, the tree seems to mimic…

A Doll’s House 1. The play’s title gives insight as to what the play will be about. The title, “A Doll’s House” foreshadows to the motif of manipulation within the play, because of the image of an actual doll house. As of Act I, Nora seems to be a “doll” under the control of her husband. 2. Nora consistently tells lies in the play. However the depth of the lies varies from lying about eating macaroons to lying about large sums of money. These lies that Nora tells are not indicative of her…