Essays on Dolls House

The Theme of Marriage from A Doll’s House The play A Doll’s House features marriage as one of its theme. It talks about the ups and downs of marital life and how it fails in the case of the couple Nora and Torvald. There are elements of marriage that they failed to meet which ended…

Translation TroubleIn the play “A Doll House” the main character, Nora, is in a situation where she is caused to act, emotionally and physically, as a doll to please her husband. Nora has to be very sneaky and conniving in order to be perfect and talked down to by her husband. The translation of this…

In A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen focuses on the importance of women’s roles and freedom in society. Widely regarded as a feminist paean, the play features two major female characters; the most prominent of whom, Nora Helmer, shatters her position as a subservient, doll-like female when she walks out on her husband and children with…

When comparing Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll House," to Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun," many similarities are seen.They are both struggling with social issues, the thought of wealth, and gender roles inside the household, as well as outside. Although these families represent completely different backgrounds and social classes, they share many of the same…

No name Professor No name English 101 03 April 2012 True Power In the short story “The Doll’s House,” written by Katherine Mansfield, there are three little girls that receive a doll house from a family friend that is a “perfect, perfect little house” (Mansfield). The two main characters in the story are the Burnell…

In the play “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen, a women named Nora struggles with lies, marriage, and the forever long journey of finding herself. It was a great step for feminism in the time period and caused quite the commotion. Critics at the time, mostly men, tore it to shreds because of the independent…

Analysis of Nora Helmer – A dolls House Somеtimеs, charactеrs in a novеl or play go through a grеat dynamic changе only to find thеir truе sеlf and to rеmovе thе fraudulеnt pеrcеption of thеmsеlvеs in thе еyеs of othеrs. Such a changе lеads thе charactеr to bеcomе fully awarе of thеir lifе as wеll…

Abstract This paper compares and connects three works belonging to two different genres: two dramas and one poem. The paper attempts to find a common element among these works of art belonging to different genres: Hamlet by Shakespeare, A Doll’s House by Ibsen and The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. I have chosen conflict…

Uncle Vanya and A Doll’s HouseA play serves as the author’s tool for critiquing society. One rarely encounters the ability to transcend accepted social beliefs. These plays reflect controversial issues that the audience can relate to because they interact in the same situations every day. As late nineteenth century playwrights point out the flaws of…

Henrik Johan Ibsen, born in 1828 in Skien, Norway, was the eldest of five children [2]. He passed away in 1906. In his younger years, his life was difficult, especially financially. He was also rumored to be an illegitimate son, which is one of the reasons why it is assumed that this issue comes up…