Kate Chopin's The Awakening (1899) conveys Edna Pontellier's rebellion against nineteenth-century American society's constrictions in feminine roles. ... Literature containing how women should and should not act was very well known by women and men alike during the nineteenth-century. ... Despite the view that nineteenth-century society had on women, Edna Pontellier understood that the marriage she was in was not what she wanted in life. ... According to nineteenth-century ideals, the best thing that a woman could do for her husband was to produce an 'heir'. ... Ninet...

• Word Count: 1289
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Women were valued very little by nineteenth century society. ... Henrik Ibsen uses Nora Helmer in A Doll House to portray the negative treatment of all women throughout society during the nineteenth century. ...

• Word Count: 1949
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

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 fulfills the perfect image of the Nineteenth century woman. ... He also has something to say about the role of men during the Nineteenth century. ...

• Word Count: 1781
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• Grade Level: High School

Amber Ashpole Social Division of the Pacific Northwest in the Early 20th Century The Pacific Northwest by definition of it geography encouraged a split social environment. ... Therefore, even though the geography of the Pacific Northwest played a large part in creating a social division in the early 20th century, it was the lack of economic, political, and social rights for women that had the most profound affect on the populace. ... The Cult of True Womanhood was a series of rules and suggestions for the urbanized women of the early 20th Century. ... By gaining the respect of men,...

• Word Count: 1651
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Heroics of Women Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" is a play about a young wife and her husband. Nora and Helmer seem to be madly in love with one another and very happy with their lives together. Yet the conflict comes into this show when Nora brags to her friend Ms. Linde about how she had...

• Word Count: 1947
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School