Joyce Appleby

In Henrik Ibsen’s play a doll house Nora Helmer commits both a moral and legal crime. When her husband was ill a doctor said that they should go on a vacation so he can heal. However, this trip to Italy is quite expensive and they did not have the funds to pay for it. Her husband Trovald, refused to take a loan out so ,Nora Took an illegal loan from Mr. Krogstad by forging her dead father signature three days after he died(1262). From a legal perspective this is fraud and she could have been…

Life in Plastic Someone once said, “A happy marriage is about three things: memories of togetherness, forgiveness of mistake, and a promise to never give up on each other.” In the play in A Doll’s House, the most significant cause that led to Nora Helmer’s decision to leave her family was because of lack of love in their marriage, she wasn’t treated right way. She thought he will defend her and sacrifice himself for her as he always said, but her husband’s reaction was too far from that. Nora…

Based on the reading The Dead by James Joyce, men are being categorized as the ultimate authority that has to deal with certain precautions and always be aware and is responsible for society’s behavior. Gabriel Conroy, the main character, is having a nicely dinner with his aunts Kate and Julia while having as company other neighbors and friends. This event, made possible by the two aunts, causes certain discomfort around the main character and a few of their guests as they start discussing…

The writer reveals a personal view of himself as a child and a unique way of seeing Araby. Therfore, arranging well, a particular description of the street the main character use to live on, with its oblique lighting. Comparing the opening paragraph’s tone to the end paragraph,”…was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood… “. Therefore Araby was generally content on his street, yet later an actually…

The short story, Araby written by James Joyce, is about a young boy who develops a liking for a young girl who happens to be his friend, Mangan’s sister. The author begins the story by introducing the main character and his secret liking for the girl, who barely talks to him. Fortunately, one day, the girl talks to him about not being able to make it to Araby, a splendid bazaar. The boy decides to travel to the bazaar, just to buy the girl something. The young boy faces many obstacles, like…

filled with clear observation and description. One theme common in both stories is boredom. In Araby, The narrator begins with a description of his surroundings. The street is quiet with people who “gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces” (Joyce, 1914).The air at home is musty; the pages of the books he finds are curled and damp. These words signal dullness and decay. The lanes he plays in are muddy, and the cold bites his skin. His life is dark and colorless, something that must be…

James Joyce’s “Araby” and Rivka Galchen’s “Wild Berry Blue” are distinctly parallel due to Joyce’s and Galchen’s use of their respective protagonist’s folly and epiphany to depict the transformation from innocence to knowledge. In contrast, John Updike utilizes these same elements to illustrate society’s confining nature and the effects of nonconformity. The authors reveal the folly of their respective protagonist through the protagonists’ infatuation or obsession with a person that cannot…

that is going through puberty and is going though mixed emotions of love that he has with a young women. In the story, religion plays a big roll for the young boy and his exploring mind that changes the way he realizes the truth inside love. Joyce describes the young boys school as “blind” because it is at a dead end and doesn’t have a connection with anyone around. The boy is implied as also being blinded in learning new emotions about himself. He verbally expresses, “my body was like a…

Greater warmth in the heart rather than the home In the play A Doll’s House written by Henrik Ibsen, Nora, the main character is the epitome of the oppressed women. During the time the play was written women were under the control of men. Ibsen uses the stove, an ordinary household item, as a tool for Nora to free herself from being restrained. Initially she uses the stove for comfort and stability, but as the play unfolds its symbol turns threatening. The first encounter between the stove…

bazaar to buy Mangan’s sister a gift. These hindrances should have caused the boy to question his quest, but instead of doubting himself, and his adoration towards Mangan’s sister, he perseveres through his quest single-mindedly. In “Araby”, James Joyce reveals the ignorance of the boy through his journey to the bazaar by demonstrating his unwillingness to doubt his quest and his adoration for Mangan’s sister. The boy’s uncle arrives home late the night of the bazaar denotes the non-importance…