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Why is the Governess the only one to see ghost appear to her? Why not the others? Is what happened to her (The Governess) supposed to be her fate? What if she could live better with the kids (Miles and Flora) she was given the responsibility to educate? Now, should we confirm that the good and evil are meant to be together? The light and the darkness are two completely different things that it is very ambiguous to state that they are always together. However, we could still say that they work in…

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…

“My sweet little dolly!” (12)  Nora is dancing with her daughter in front of the nurse showing her off. This quote insists that Nora is raising her daughter to have a life just like hers. She was raised being called a doll and treated like a doll her entire life and that is all she ever knew. So basically, Nora only payed attention to her children when she wanted to and when she was done she put them to the side. “But our house has been nothing but a play-room. Here I have been your…

In the play, “A Doll House”, by Henrik Ibsen, Torvald Helmer is a condescending, hypocritical, childish middle aged man. As a lawyer and newly promoted bank manager, Torvald lives in a middle class family with his wife Nora and their three small children which he spends little time with. He is shown to be overtly petty, excessively conscious of what others think of him, and is keen up keeping appearances. When Torvald finds out that Nora borrowed money he reacts poorly, causing his marriage to…

In A Doll’s House, Krogstad was the character that was very similar to Iago as he was first viewed as the plays antagonist too. Krogstad is first introduced as a co-worker of Torvald in the plays beginning. Torvald, Nora’s husband, had just recently obtained a new position at the bank in which would allow them to live a more comfortable life. When Krogstad learns that he will be fired from the bank, he attempts to use Nora and the power of blackmail to prevent Torvald from firing him. Doing his…

The definition of the word “Viking” is any of the Scandinavian pirates who plundered the coasts of Europe from the 8th to 10th centuries. For thousands of years, people always thought of the Vikings as brutal pirates who robbed and destroyed everything in their path. The causes of these invasions remain unclear to this day. Some historians believe that overpopulation made the Scandinavians want to venture out of their homeland, while others believe it was simply the Vikings' great love for…

In Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll House” one of the most noteworthy character contrasts exists between Nora Helmer and Mrs. Linde. At the start of the play, Nora is portrayed as a cheerful wife and mother who tries to outdo herself by amusing her husband all the time. Mrs. Linde; however, is a recent widow with no children, and with no one left to take care of. Another observable difference between the two is how Nora is described as young and attractive, and Mrs. Linde is depicted as middle-aged…

In a dominate world lead by men, Nora Krogstad did have much of a choice about what she did, what she bought, or even what she ate. Nora, being a women in the 1879’s had no clue just how trapped she was by the men in her life. After eight long years, Nora’s realization that she was living an unhappy and plastic life, she was able to prove that with the little power women had, she was able to overcome her fears. Nora proves to be living a life dominated by multiple male presence by how often she…

CREEPY is one way to describe “Coraline”. When I think of PG rated movies I imagine a pleasant family movie with singing and laughter. This is not one of those films. It's more like the children’s version of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, of course without the actual killings, but still the presence of ghost spirits of children who didn’t realize the dangers in time. And as always the curious and adventurous ones wind-up dead. This movie might have a familiar feel because the…

Nora Helmer is a beautiful young lady who has three young children and a handsome husband named Torvald who works at the bank. Life seems almost perfect with a happy family and a promotion for her husband on the way. Finally, after years of saving money, the family can now live in luxury and have no financial worries. But, Nora hides a secret from her husband that could possibly ruin her relationship with her family forever. When her husband was ill, she clandestinely borrowed money from a man…