(pg.29 l.36) Because he says "Elves", which is entirely random, the narrator's playful personality is made more clear to the reader, and it also shows the great contrast with the neighbor's view. ... When the man with whom he's sharing a room, Layfayette, tries to be his friend, Dr. ... The symbol of doors leads the reader to understand the characters. ... Magoon is being lead to the room, he goes "down a narrow passage of doors".... This obscured view is caused by the darkness. ...

• Word Count: 2189
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The main point of view is of the narrator who is a married woman whom has a child, she is spending a summer in large house in the country. ... The narrator becomes obsessed with the wallpaper in the room she is made to stay in. ... Once she started prattling on and on incessantly about the wallpaper gave a clear inside view of the extraordinary that was occurring. ... By throwing away the key was a symbol that she had fully accepted this life she was forced to live. ... The nice room she wanted could be the greeting room. ...

• Word Count: 1393
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 1862
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

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? ...

• Word Count: 1781
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School