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    Lastly, another form of transformation can conclude Torvald Helmer. Throughout the beginning of the play, he is seen as Nora’s puppeteer, pulling the strings, saying what she can or cannot do, it appears belittling his own wife, is his favorite past-time. However, this man changes for himself after learning that his wife no longer wants to be with him, after dealing with his “sense of endearment.” Although, in the beginning of Act 3, Torvald had changed for a brief moment turning into a man that

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    Despite being a strong, intelligent character, Penelope is still a plot device to motivate Odysseus’s return and the Suitors’ abominable behavior. Penelope is wise, beautiful, and strong; however, those traits are superficial when analyzing her role in The Odyssey. Throughout the epic, Penelope gives off the impression of a woman who is not to be trifled with, being referred to as “The daughter of Ikarios, circumspect Penelope” on numerous occasions, displaying her levelheaded personality, a well

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    and household, of Nora and Torvald Helmer. It explores, through a range of exciting literary devices (such as dramatic irony), the difference in equality between men and women circa 1879 – some of which seeming prevalent

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    Ibsen's cleverly uses setting within A Doll's House in order to make his work one which aptly describes both the time period and societal constraints in which the Helmers, particularly Nora, reside. Women of the time were frequently frowned upon for any attempts to move out of the social stereotype of silent-as-mice housewives. Nora however, finally chose to break that boundary in deciding to leave her husband and children, leaving them vulnerable to ridicule and open criticism of Nora's self-absorption

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    In Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House, pointedly captures the reality of the Victorian Era within the play. Nora Helmer, the protagonist of the story, represents the typical women in society during that era. The audience’s first impression of Nora is a money obsessed, childish, obedient house wife to her husband, Torvald Helmer. However, as the play progresses one can see that Nora is far from being that typical ideal trophy wife, she is an impulsive liar who goes against society’s norm to be whom

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    House subscribes to these traditional gender roles, yet in the end Nora breaks free of these constraints forcing the reader to reevaluate the necessity of these “stagnant” roles. Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House questions the concept of gender roles in all aspects of life: in parenting,

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    Rank and Nora have a complex relationship. The two have a relaxed relationship but the feelings are only felt by one side. Dr. Rank, ill and limited on time, has feelings for Nora. He wants to convey that he loves her while also respecting hers and Torvald’s relationship. Nora is playful and more open and mature with Dr. Rank, yet, he is misled. Nora pushes Rank away when he tries to explain his feelings. Dr. Rank has kept his feelings to himself especially because he has syphilis and Nora is married

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         A Doll’s House, a play by Henrik Ibsen, tells the story of Nora, the wife of Torvald Helmer, who is an adult living as a child, kept as a doll by her husband. She is expected to be content and happy living in the world Torvald has created for her. By studying the play and comparing and contrasting the versions presented in the video and the live performance, one can analyze the different aspects of it.      Ibsen’s purpose for writing this piece

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    The Omnipresent Right to Property Human rights are norms that serve to protect all people everywhere from severe legal, political and social abuses. Nevertheless, the whole concept of “human rights” is seriously misleading. It lays claim to the idea that these rights are common to all of mankind in all times and places. Disregarded within the concept of universality is that human rights exist independently of whether found in the practices, morality or law of their country or culture. Societies

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    In A Doll's House, at all little is so it forward seems. Nora at first seems after be a silly, selfish girl, however, after we analyze so much he has done great things for her husband’s life. By the end regarding the play, he has realized her true strength then strikes out as like an unbiased woman. Torvald, because of whole his faults, appears to stand a loving, committed or beneficiant husband. But it another transpires so much he is a shallow, useless man, concerned in the main along his people

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