The mind and heart are fragile items to toy with. ... Both are symbols showing the inner feeling of the women portrayed. ... In the end she got what she wanted, but it came with a heavy price. ... The room became a symbol of her oppression, try as she may, she can not leave it. ... In "The Story of an Hour" the view from the window portrayed her release and freedom. ...
In marriage the husband could be viewed as the warden and the wife as the inmate. ... The wife is a creative spirit with her own ideas and thoughts, which she tries on numerous occasions to express to the husband only for him to view the ideas as insignificant and reply "blessed little goose." ... "I'm getting really fond of the room in spite of the wallpaper. ... Later, she begins to see a womanly figure amidst the symbols and designs; soon the figure emerges to be a woman trapped behind bars. ... "It is so pleasant to be out in this great room and creep around as I please." ...
While the sheriff and other men are looking in the room upstairs for some evidence of a crime, Mrs. ... This is suggested by what happened with the canary. ... Peters is viewed only as a sheriff's wife; Mr. ... Another symbol in this short story is the quilt, a symbol of creating a home and of feeling warm. ... These two women also were treated as property, which men own along with the house and land. ...
Though the play is set in the 19th century, when Ruhl wrote the play, she came in with the mindset of a "contemporary woman writing with subsequent knowledge that informed her view of the periodIn some ways, people then were innocent of sexuality compared to the biological knowledge we've acquired about the subject since.... In the absence of this connection with the doctor, she runs to Leo Irving and decides she is in love with him. ... Rather, she escapes to the garden, which is a symbol of eroticism and sexual awakening throughout the play. ... By contrast, after walking with Anni...
At the time of the play's debut, it was mainly viewed as an advocate to the Women's Rights Movement. ... Once Torvald leaves the room, Nora says, pale with terror, "Hurt my children-! ... At the time of its debut, Ibsen's play was widely viewed as a play dealing with the current issue of woman's rights. ... Nora's exit form her "Doll's House" became a symbol for women everywhere. ... How is that a symbol for women's rights? ...
Thomas Aquinas in the thirteenth century perpetuated this view. ... They could only attend the master's schools for boys when there was room. ... The view of equality began taking hold of the public mind. ... She viewed her marriage to Leonce as an accident of fate. ... Though never voiced, she was viewed as a possession. ...
