In contrast, Fyodor Dostoevesky's modern novel, Notes from the Underground, portrays the feeling of every man being on his own. ... Finally Dostoevesky illustrates modernism through his novel, Notes From the Underground. ... As long as he is safe underground, away from people, he has control over every situation. ... I returned musing to my room, feeling terribly at ease." ... Imaging Austen's Elizabeth traveling to the world that Dostoevesky created, there is no doubt she wouldn't make it. ...

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In drama the playwright purposely creates a scene to almost force a certain image or idea onto the audience, Ibsen is no different. ... The economical standing is important to note from Tesman's perspective at least as the audience is made aware by Ibsen that Tesman is not in the any part affected or insulted by LÖvborg's affirmation that he wishes to "outshine- Tesman "in reputation-. ... Ibsen's real life friend Laura Kielma (a suggested inspiration for Nora) was a lady trapped (or imprisoned) inside a marriage she longed to be free from. ... The audience sees Torvald con...

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In this following quote, we can tell she is distraught from the yearning of her husband's return: "How I long for my husband -alive in memory, always, that great man whose fame resounds through Hellas right to the depths of Argos (Odyssey i.395-397)!" ... However, the beggar delays the conversation until sundown and Penelope remarks how "he is no fool" and is very cautious of his actions. ... I believe it is this point where she believes the beggar is Odysseus because right after this conversation, she demands the nurses for a bench, for the guest to rest and be at ease. ... She creates ...

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