By Sam Rose-Hill Henrik Ibsens A Dolls House, transcends socio-cultural barriers by delineating the fundamental importance of women in a dominantly patriarchal society. ... "No more Nora wearing out her lovely eyes, and her pretty little fingers."" ... Further adding to this point is Torvald's affrontingly misogynistic statement: "What a featherbrain it is- Torvald's distain by use of the word "it- in a description of Nora, further exemplifies the notion of a matrilineal derision, in respect to women being seen as equals. ... Though some critics imply that Nora's ...

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Throughout Edna's life she has been struggling with her identity as a women in a society laced with many rules to minimize the freedom of women. ... In addition, at this point in her life, she has little to lose. ... In the end, Edna, depicts the struggle that many women face even today and that is the choice between a purely familial life or a life driven by individualism. ... Today, the stereotypical stay-at-home mom is much harder to come across and as Edna faces her fate and returns to nature for acceptance, many women come to a point in their lives where they decide to deviate fro...

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Lampito from Lysisstrata, Lady Bracknell from The importance of being Earnest, and Gary from I Hate Hamlet are all supporting characters and make the plays a little more interesting and humorous. ... Its funny because that's not what any of the women really want to do, they complain about sleeping alone without a strong man, but they managed to get them to throw down their swords and come home for sex. ...

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Csiszar represents this loss of power and Lear's transformation by revealing how direct contact with the inhumanity of ruling class makes Lear question the validity of property, distribution of wealth and social inequality: "O, I have ta'en Too little care of this. ... The patriarchal society of the sixteen hundreds promoted the oppression of women and denied them the status and dignity that men possessed. The views of men and the way in which women were inferiorly treated are reflected by the social conventions of patriarchal society, with men believing that it was natural fo...

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He decides, though, that his "duty, plainly, [is] to kill the snake," not because he feels he must prove himself as a superior creature or save his own life, but because the are "children, dogs, horses at the ranch, as well and men and women lightly shod." ... He refers to the rattle of the snake as "a little song of death" that "said that life was dear and would be dearly taken." ...

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Erasmus describes desires as "somewhat little differing from madness" (Radice, electronic version), which make people "jocund, another while dejected, now weeping, then laughing, and again sighing" (Radice, electronic version). ... Erasmus believed that only a little part of our body was reasonable, and the rest was controlled by our passions. ... And some there are that think them easiest attained by courting old childless men with presents; and others again by making rich old women believe they love them" (Radice, electronic version). ... Erasmus believes that everyone from the common people...

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This story tells of a little girl's desire to be named Tandy. ... One day, while the two are enjoying a nice day on their porch, a drunken man staggers next to them and launches into a rant discussing the perfect women, a woman who has the strength to be loved. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate