In Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, one of the main focuses is gender roles and their impact on the characters. ... Women, on the other hand, are supposed to stay at home, take care of the house and children, and look pretty. However, a lot of the characters in the play don't fit into these roles. In the play, gender roles consistently limit the happiness of both women and men. ... Gender roles have hurt people in the past and they hurt people today, and A Doll's House may help us understand how to solve these problems in the future....

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For example, as children boys are taught to play rough and tough games like Rambo or wrestling, where as girls are taught to play with delicacy such as play house or with dolls. Boys are not allowed to play with dolls or to play "girls" games. When boys do play with dolls, society tends to see them as weak and in today's day and age, boy will be seen as homosexual. ... Families and peers play crucial roles in helping boys define what it means to be a man. ... The media plays a vital role in this way of thinking because boys are highly influenced by their masculine role models like Sylve...

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The "girls" lane was filled with flowery pink colors and majority of the toys in the girls section were dolls. ... Most toys in this section proposed tea parties and playing house. ... However, The dolls of Barbie took socialization to a whole new level. ... Personally, I didn't see a single girl toy that's idea is not revolving around playing with a beautiful doll, dressing it and taking care of it. ... The differences in the toys that children play with affect their life choices and careers in the future. ...

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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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When at home, David's mother restricts him from going outside to play with the boys, leaving him no choice but to play with dolls with his sister. However, when his father becomes aware of this, he puts David down for engaging in feminine activities instead of interacting with boys his own age "Damn grown boy playing with dolls." ... David's father is clearly unsatisfied, possibly ashamed that his son is playing with his sister's dolls and collecting plumes to dress as an Indian, yet there is no evidence of him attempting to interact with David to reposition his status as the ...

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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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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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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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The first woman in the play is Winterbourne's aunt who refuses even to meet Daisy. ... There are only two women who we really get to see Eliza interact with in the play Mrs. ... When Higgins first tells his mother that he is bringing Eliza over she is a little appalled at having a flower girl in her house. However when Eliza comes into the house Mrs. ... "You certainly are a pretty pair of babes, playing with your live doll."" ...

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Men are masculine because they hunt and fish, while women are feminine because they take care of the house. Men are masculine because they fix the things the women break when they are taking after the house, and women are masculine because they play with the children to distract them from the words the man is uttering when he cannot fix what is broken. ... Young boys play with cars, play war, play fight, and like taking things apart, while girls like to play with dolls, imagine they are somewhere else, like to be social and like to look cute. ...

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Number three - a "girl" - who wears skirts and dresses, plays with dolls, likes the colour pink, has long hair, and wants to wear make-up. Number four - a "boy" - who wears rugged clothing, likes the colour blue and plays with soldiers, participates in competitive team sports, enjoys fighting, does not cry, and has short hair. ...

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Stanley's physical sovereignty is embedded throughout the play due to way he behaves and his innermost desire to control everyone around him. ... Society encourages his authority as men were expected to be the head of the house and carry the financial burden of the family3, further emphasising Stanley's bravado as he shows his superiority by being the breadwinner in the house. ... The use of drugs and alcohol is significant in both plays as it can be related to the theme of escapism. ... My baby doll's left me!... Furthermore, the two plays highlight how men like Stanley and Myr...

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