House In reading Ibsen's A Doll's House today, one may find it hard to imagine how daring it seemed at the time it was written one hundred years ago. ... It seems that Nora is a doll controlled by Torvald. ... The problem in A Doll's House lies not only with Torvald, but with the entire Victorian society. ... Both of these mindsets are expressed in A Doll's House. ... Nora, on the other hand, is a typical example of the woman who plays to a man's desires. ...

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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...

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For years, it has been argued whether or not Henrik Ibsen's A Doll House is a play presenting the feminist arguments of the Nineteenth century. ... Nora played the part of a doll, in a doll house, so to speak. ... Nora's exit form her "Doll's House" became a symbol for women everywhere. ... Nora was tired of being a doll and a pet to Torvald. ... In A Doll's House, Ibsen tried to present this as an issue to be dealt with. ...

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The children can play with seven different types of activities; play dough, the dolls house, drawing, Luna Park, cars on play matt, shop and the wooden bricks. ... There were seven different stations where the children could choose to play, the dolls house, the play dough table, the drawing table, luna park, cars on play mat, the shop and the wooden bricks. ... Station 1 At this station was the large dolls house along with tiny toys. ... There were two girls and one boy playing here, one of the girls was taking the furniture out of the house and setting it on the garden while the boy was ...

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They are should not have a career, but should take care of the kids and the house. ... The trucks and weaponry toys are for boys and the dolls are for girls. ... A girl at an age of three was shown, dressed with a skirt and playing with dolls. ... A girl at the age of three was shown, dressed with a skirt and playing with dolls. ... For example, all of the participants in the study on "sissies" were boys who not only played with dolls, but dressed themselves as girls. ...

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For example little girls pretend to cook and clean, and take care of their dolls. Girls play dress up and try on their mom's makeup on. On the other hand little boys play with trucks, tools and racecars. ... In their free time men play sports, work out. ... Women cook dinner for the family and clean the house. ...

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On a girl's fifth birthday, she usually receives a doll. Television ads advertise dolls with only girls playing with them. By the age of five, a child is taught that only girls play with dolls. ... Girls should keep their hands clean and play with their dolls" (Kantrwitz 442) A statement like this is a result of the public discourse in American society. ... Instead, she should be playing house pretending to have a family consisting of a mother, father, and a baby. ...

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As the boy begins to grow, he is given a miniature basketball and a hoop to play with. The girl is given dolls an d doll clothes to dress them up in. Even going further, eventually the boy may play with Legos and Lincoln Logs and the girl gets a PlaySchool oven and a plastic tea set with which to play house. ... Boys generally play with balls, toy trucks and building blocks whereas girls spend their time with dolls, tea sets and stuffed animals. ... Why are the girls expected to do four times as much work around the house than the boys are? ...

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As the boy begins to grow, he is given a miniature basketball and a hoop to play with. The girl is given dolls an d doll clothes to dress them up in. Even going further, eventually the boy may play with Legos and Lincoln Logs and the girl gets a PlaySchool oven and a plastic tea set with which to play house. ... Boys generally play with balls, toy trucks and building blocks whereas girls spend their time with dolls, tea sets and stuffed animals. ... Why are the girls expected to do four times as much work around the house than the boys are? ...

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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? ...

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Therefore, we can safely say that social group plays a very important role in shaping someone's behavior. ... They believe that pink is a little too feminine for their son and dolls can make him looks like a sissy. On the other hand, their daughter is disallowed to play with gun toys for it is so-not-a-girl-type-of-toy. To prevent their daughter to play with boys" toys again, they provided her with many "domestic" kinds of toys. ... For example, I am not allowed to leave the house after 9 pm and must go back safely to the house at 12 pm, at most, whilst my brother, younger than me, has...

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Girls are encouraged to play with dolls, while boys are taught to play with trucks and army toys. ... When a commercial for a Barbie doll comes on, you don't see a boy playing with it. ... While girls clean the house, do the dishes, cook, baby-sit, and all other stereotypically women things. ...

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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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For example, how Sandra Cisneros talks about in her article ' 'Only Daughter,'' about a writer who had six brothers and would be forced to spent time with herself because her brothers would not let her play with them because they were embarrassed to be seen playing with a girl in public. ... When looking at the girls section we will see Barbies dressed as maids, baby dolls with strollers and beautiful princesses showing little girls that women should be in charge of the chores in the house, be the nurture, and to be recognized by society for their physical beauty. ...

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In today's society, language plays a major role in defining gender. ... They told the adult that the baby was either a boy or a girl and to play with the baby however they wanted. ... When they, "thought they were holding Jane, they held here gently, and gave her dolls. ... According to Stossel, the videotapes showed that in Patty's house, her parents urge her to make her own choices about what to eat, drink, and what she would like to wear during the day. ...

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They are learning to weave, tidy up the house, and bring water from the sea, when they are not tending to the children. ... The boys are taught early that they have the opportunity to play a higher, more prestigious role in the village than the girls. ... The reasons of role are similar, as the interests of play and socialization may be different. ... In turn, the men are not allowed to enter the formal weaving house or the house where the women are making the tapa in a group. ... This could be caused, in part by the way that girls are given kitchen sets and baby dolls as children, and bo...

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