In the two plays, "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen and "All My Sons" by Arthur Miller present causes of conflict within relationships in both similar and different ways between characters in the plays. ... In "A Doll's House," we see Torvald attacking Nora on this issue of responsibility. ... Ibsen makes good use of foreshadowing in "A Doll's House" to create dramatic effect. ... This contrasts with the money issue in "A Doll's House" as Torvald gives Nora money he earns when she requests. ... In "A Doll's House," we see that Nora falls out of love with Torvald which i...

• Word Count: 1949
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Through Nora in A Doll's House, Ibsen shows how women at the time had to appear economically dependent, in order to appease the fragile male ego, though many secretly harboured a desire for financial independence. ... Through the setting of A Doll's House, a single room in which all events take place, Ibsen may be showing the reader here that, as society expected women to remain in the house, as dolls' to be played with by men, they are often kept in a locked box', this suffocating atmosphere causing women to feel isolated from outside society, and become desirous of free...

• Word Count: 1558
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Nora Helmer of A Doll's House has faced extreme criticism as a feminist icon. Although this story demonstrates the undoubtedly A popular view upon the premiere of this play was that "A Doll House did not have to be taken as a serious statement about women's rights because the heroine of act 3 is an incomprehensible transformation of the heroine of acts 1 and 2" (Templeton 28). ... Joan Templeton, author of The Doll House Backlash: Criticism, Feminism, and Ibsen, explores the foundations of such unfair criticism. ... Such a goal is based upon an " overwhelmingly deduct...

• Word Count: 1867
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Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire- and Ibsen's "A Doll's House-: Dramatic Conflict in the Male/Female Relationship In any narrative, the development of the plot and the creation of compelling characters depends on a single literary element: the presence of conflict. ... It is the masterful portrayal of this age-old conflict between the sexes that serves as the dramatic centerpiece in both Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire- and Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House."" ... In "A Doll's House,"" Henrik Ibsen similarly centers the dramatic conflict...

• Word Count: 2278
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The Tragedy of Inequality: Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll House- as Tragedy A critic by the name of Dorothea Krook treats A Doll House as a tragedy because it has what she takes to be the four universal elements of the genre: the act of shame or horror, consequent intense suffering, a consequent increase in knowledge, and, finally, a reaffirmation of the value of life. ... Aside from Krook's elements, further indication that A Doll House is a tragedy is the occurrence of a tragic hero along with elements of anagnorisis (recognition) and harmantia (tragic flaw). ... We see, therefore, that...

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For example, the modern society has the Barbie doll created by Ruth Handler in 1959.This doll has been propagated into our midst through the numerous advanced media and marketing interests. ... Generally everything was perfect including hair, house, and friends among others. ... Girls spend long hours playing with their dolls given the considerable influence Barbie dolls have on them. They own several dolls and an indication of the massive production is the company manufacturing facilities. ... In most of the productions, they play the role of supporting men in performance. ...

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X enjoys playing sports, but at the same time, X enjoys playing house too. ... As the story develops we the reader uncover much controversy is being raised by neighboring children's parents because their little boy is now playing with dolls like X, or the little girls are now wearing checkered overalls like X. ... The gender of X does not matter to the other children, but because X liked dolls and wore overalls the parents cared. ... What is wrong with a child liking both football and dolls? ...

• Word Count: 1388
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Food advertisements during the day is more aim towards women and seem to talk about healthy foods and diet because women are always looking for a weight-loss technique or because most of the time women are home if they are house wives. ... Gender roles are flip-flopping but the media wants to keep the commercials traditional meaning the female are the traditional house wife while the male makes an income. ... The Strawberry Shortcake dolls start young children out in realizing feminism that women is connected to food. ... By naming a doll after a common food it instantly connects the women to ...

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Even though it has been decided that what is socially constructed for gender is not a biological fact of what boys and girls are actually like we continue to place boys and girls into different environments based on the sex they are born into, such as girls play with dolls and boys play with trucks or girls with Barbie's and boys with G.I. ... Much like, girl's wear pink and boys wear blue, girl's play house and boys play sports, these are all social constructs that shape our society in to understanding which gender role we each fit according to our birth sex. Some how it is so...

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When children view advertisements on the television a change is taken place in their minds and they adapt to what they are exposed to most, which is advertisers showing boys playing in the blue section slightly more aggressive, but having fun, and girls playing in the pink section smiling and also having fun. ... Examples are "LEGO Friends Olivia's House, " "Disney Princess Favorite Pink Royal Castle - Cinderella " and "The Exclusive Barbie Malibu Dream house " Girls are also taught to be elegant and that physical beauty is important therefore toys for girls would usually include tea s...

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Bouchard was immediately taken back and later expressed on social media her outrage for her athletic accomplishments being overlooked in the interview and for her being treated like a doll on display instead of a respected athlete. ... For example, for the collegiate basketball tournament, tickets to the men's games are often played in venues such as Madison Square Garden and are still sold out. ... The news media often separates female athletes into categories based on whether they play masculine or feminine sports. Although more girls and women play traditionally "male" spor...

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The representation of women as being dominated, lacking independence and tied to the role of motherhood carried on through the rest of the 1800's in the form of plays such as Henrik Ibsen's A Dolls House, written shortly after what was considered to be the mid-Victorian period, 1879, it tells of Nora's fight against her husband's dominance, and her struggle to break the chains of social standards and rules, this was a period when women were expected to get married and raise children, they did not have a say in, or responsibility outside the home, this situation was typical ...

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In the 1950's there began a mass movement to break the pattern of racially segregated public facilities in the South. It took part in non-violent actions and was called the Civil Rights Movement. At the time segregation of whites and blacks was legal, as part of the governments "separate but equal...

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As Eva Luna noticed, the life in the house of La Senora was like "floating on a cloud-; days and nights changed places, sweets substituted regular meals, smell of perfumes successfully covered the truth about where the money was coming from (126). ... I think that almost in every aspect of her life La Senora was a bit superficial, and even her affection for Eva reminded me of the way she treated that Spanish doll that they kept on the bed in the apartment. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate