Comparing and Contrasting Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and On Our Selection

Geraldine Cousin’s Playing for Time presents a unique argument in her work. She talks about Arcadia and another play Copenhagen and their use of time within it’s work. With Arcadia especially Cousin goes straight to the point. She

The play, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, journey’s through a longstanding sixteen-year seasonal love life of two Queensland cane cutters with two Melbourne barmaids during their five-month summer layoff seasons. Through the character of Olive, one of the barmaids, Lawler

William Shakespeare is the world’s pre-eminent dramatist whose plays range from tragedies to tragic comedies, etc. His general style of writing is often comparable to several of his contemporaries, like Romeo and Juliet is based on Arthur Brooke’s narrative poem, “The tragical history of Romeo and Juliet”. But Shakespeare’s works express a different range of human experience where his characters command the sympathy of audiences and also are complex as well as human in nature. Shakespeare makes the protagonist’s character development central to the plot.

A Doll’s House is an example of a literacy work with numeral possible themes. The idea of the play is an expression of the need for women to escape from the confinement and restriction that they faced in nineteenth-century European society, it is supported by the condescending manner in which Torvald treats Nora and by his frequent references to the respective value of men and women. Another theme is in order for a marriage to be successful, the people involved should know and trust each other, show view each other as equals, and should have separate identities. Related to this idea is the theme that

In William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare presents characters in difficult situations in Romeo and Juliet through various language techniques and structure. Romeo and Juliet were star-crossed lovers. Both Romeo and Juliet were from feuding families that would not approve of their marriage. In the play they are presented with many difficult circumstances. The play was set in the Elizabethan era; there was a significant change in religion, family and politics. Attitudes and key scenes highlight the theme of love in difficult circumstances and prepare the audience for Romeo and Juliet’s suicides at the end of the play. In this essay I will be exploring the ways Shakespeare presents characters in difficult situations.

In its historical context A Doll’s House was a radical play which forced its audience to question the

The characters in these three literary text, The Getting of Wisdom, Coonardoo and Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, all demonstrate the traditions of gender roles in the early twentieth century. The first text by Henry Richardson, The Getting of Wisdom in 1910, a Bildungsroman story of a protagonist, Laura, as she develops to gain wisdom through her boarding school life. Richardson’s work undercovers what it is to be a “proper” woman in the early twentieth century through Laura. The traditions of women sexualities in the early 1900s were set quite strictly as genders were set to play a certain role in order to become a ‘fully-grown’ adult. The Getting of Wisdom describes the progression or the failure of Laura to become a “proper” woman throughout the narrative. The next literary text, Coonardoo, is a literary novel written by Katharine Susannah Prichard in the 1920s about the romantic life between an Aboriginal woman and a white man. Although her work struck many issues about interracial relationships as Corbould mentioned that Coonardoo uses ‘bold and unconventional elements’ in the narrative, (415) it reveals many sexual identity of the Aboriginals and the Australian whites, through the narrative voice of a minority. Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler is an Australian play and was originally set in the mid twentieth century. This last literary text uses its characters to demonstrate their struggle with their identity and Olive’s failure to conform to the

Much of the text is dated or archaic and is initially unknown to the typical student. Yet upon thorough study, the student will gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of Shakespeare's words and the English language.Despite the difficulty that dated text presents, the passions and emotions described by Shakespeare touch the hearts of his readers and audience, students included. Vivid imagery and poetic descriptions are presented effectively and have a great impact on the audience. Readers are provided with the opportunity to step into the lives of his characters; to feel their emotions and understand their motivations, a rewarding experience for the student.Although Shakespeare's wrote his plays more than 350 years ago, the relevance of their themes and subjects still exists.

Many people love romantic comedies. Some of these stories are based around misunderstandings, which add humor to the plot. This, of course is similar to Rostand’s play Cyrano De Bergerac, but Ibsen’s play, A Doll’s House, is centered around a relationship full of deceit. It has a pleasant facade, but when the viewer digs deeper into it, they find out the dark reality of the relationship of the main couple. Communication is vital to any relationship. A group of friends need to communicate openly in order to remain friends. The same thing applies to spouses. For the purpose of this essay, Cyrano and Roxane from Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, and Nora and Torvald from Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” will be compared. The relationships of Nora and Torvald, and Roxane and Cyrano are different in many ways but they have one thing in common, a lack of communication. Thus, by this

Throughout history women have been handed a subservient role to her male counterpoint. Females in the late 19th and early 20th century were treated like a second-class citizen, and were thought of as being the weaker sex. It was the women’s job to stay home to cook and raise the children. While these are still prevalent issues, it is also true that things has gotten better for some women in recent years. Works like “The Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen and “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell have helped advance the idea of what roles women should play in society. In each play there are strong, female protagonists who, despite being oppressed by the societal rules against women, learn to rebel and fight for what they believe is right. While there are

A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen, creates a peephole into the lives of a family in the Victorian Era. The play portrays a female viewpoint in a male-dominated society. The values of the society are described using the actions of a woman, Nora, who rebels against the injustices inflicted upon her gender. Women’s equality with men was not recognized by society in the late 1800’s. Rather, a woman was considered a doll, a child, and a servant. Nora’s alienation reveals society’s assumptions and values about gender.

The tangled web of relationships that connect each character in this story are what drive Congreve's play forward. With each past affair (or current) affair that

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, by Ray Lawler was a ‘bottling’ performance. A highly effective use of lighting, set design, props and additional sensory stimulus; were powerful tools in creating a realistic production. The skilful use of the elements of drama; human context; language, movement, mood and dramatic tension, enabled the audience to relate to the characters and plot. The development of sub-plots also added to the creation of a realistic performance, by mirroring the human condition. Through the effective use of these dramatic techniques; Neil Armfield was successful in creating a realistic portrayal of Ray Lawler’s Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.

Most of the characters in the play have a certain role and most of them have a special bond with another person and share one of the three types of love. Some characters share the love of

A Doll’s House uses literary devices throughout its entire three acts to tell a story about not only marriage, but the hardships that happen in life. Not only is Nora and Helmer affected in this play, but everyone else is also affected in the play as well. A Doll’s House tells the story of a simple family that lives a life that many people do today. This play illustrates how a once wonderfully happy family can fall apart at the blink of an eye. Now, throughout this essay new criticism will be applied to A Doll’s House and discuss all the different literary devices, followed by what they add to the story.