A Doll's House

Torvald calls Nora several pet names. What do these names suggest about Torvalds perception of his wife and Marriage? Songbird, Squirrelkin, Featherbrains All these pet names suggest that Torvald does not see him and Nora as equals. He seems to think that he has the higher status and control/power in this marriage and that Nora…

Is it right to say that something actually is what it appears to be? Although there is no answer to this question, most people would say that the image someone shows to the outside world differs greatly from his real personality. Indeed, in the real world people play different “roles”, throughout their lives and behave…

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…

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…

In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House many views could be seen from both sides of the gender world. Critics will argue about the true meaning of the story and why Ibsen wrote the story. The main points of the play that critics discuss are sexuality i. e. feminism, the wrong doing of the father figure,…

Torvald’s usual characterization of Nora as an “expensive little person” (p14) with a skill of melting his money in her hands clearly illustrates Nora’s relation with her husband as being strikingly similar to that of a spoiled child and his wealthy parents. However, during the course of the play, as Ibsen takes the reader through…

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…

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…

Reflective statement for WIT-Minal The topics discussed were: “ In what ways do time and place matter to this work? ” and “What connections did you find between issues in the work and your own culture and experience? ” “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen is a playwright based in Norway in the 1870’s. To…

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…