The Little Match Girl By Hans Christian Andersen

Ibsen 's play A Doll 's House centers on a stereotypical and comfortable family in the nineteenth century which, outwardly, has the appearance of respectability to which any audience can relate. There are many indicators that reveal that this family upholds a false image, such as the symbolic title “A Doll 's House". Nora is introduced as a "little Spendthrift" (p 6), which foreshadows future tension in her relationship. Torvald believes she is spending money frivolously, but she has actually secretly borrowed money to save his life, and is using the money he gives her to pay back her debt.

A Doll 's House by Henrik Ibsen, is a play that has been written to withstand all time. In this play Ibsen highlights the importance of women’s rights. During the time period of the play these rights were neglected. Ibsen depicts the role of the woman was to stay at home, raise the children and attend to her husband during the 19th century. Nora is the woman in A Doll House who plays is portrayed as a victim. Michael Meyers said of Henrik Ibsen 's plays: "The common denominator in many of Ibsen 's dramas is his interest in individuals struggling for and authentic identity in the face of social conventions. This conflict often results in his characters ' being divided between a sense of duty to themselves and their responsibility to others." All of the aspects of this quote can be applied to the play A Doll House, in Nora Helmer 's character, who throughout much of the play is oppressed, presents an inauthentic identity to the audience and throughout the play attempts to discovery her authentic identity.

In todays world it is not hard to find a woman in any role in society, however this was not always the case. In time periods previous to this, the role of women was quite different than it is in today’s world. What is now equality and power was once seclusion and degradation towards women of society. Over the course of time the role of women has changed dramatically, and the plays Antigone by Sophocles, Trifles by Susan Glaspell and The Doll House by Henrik Ibsen are great works that show how women can challenge the boundaries that were put on them by a society that was not very accepting of feminism.

Within every human's soul, lies a secret, and no matter how innocent it may seem or how well the intention for keeping it is, there is a reason it is being hidden. In Henry Ibsen's "A Doll's House," the main character, Nora Helmer hides a secret from her husband that can very well ruin not only her life, but his as well. Despite having a good intention for her actions, the secret tortures her throughout the entirety of the play, and once revealed, changed the mood and depth of her character significantly, keeping the story on a stressful and sorrowful note.

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Like all fairy tales, Rapunzel has a history that extends far earlier than the 1800s when it was first transcribed by brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. However, Rapunzel is a tale that continues to be re-written and re-interpreted even today. From the 1970s with the feminist revitalization of fairy tales to the early 2010s with Disney’s Tangled (2010), this timeless tale continues to engage its listeners. In 2015, Katie Kapurch of Texas State University revisited Rapunzel with an eye on its more recent modernizations. By starting with Anne Sexton’s poem “Rapunzel” from her 1971 collection Transformations, Kapurch analyzed the lesbian elements of the tale in order to examine the 21st century Tumblr culture that “ships” Tangled’s Rapunzel with Brave’s (2012) Merida.

A Doll’s House written by Henrik Ibsen is a play which invokes different feelings on the reader. The play was written in 1879, a time in which women had a submissive role to her husband. The idea of a woman speaking out or even contradicting her husband was unheard of, and Ibsen did a magnificent job of not only portraying the message, but also empowering women to stand up for themselves. The plot of the story centers around a husband named Torvald, and his wife named Nora. As the story progresses, Nora reveals to her friend that she made a decision without her husband’s knowledge and now is making all efforts to make it right. Given the time in which the paly was written and the roles both genders had, A Doll’s House is perceived as a controversial and though provoking play by the use of dialogue, setting, theme, and characters.

The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spencer uses erotic and mystifying dreams to provide insight into the representation of gender relations; it is through women that the emotional state of desire as well as terror is experienced. Throughout the epic women dominate the visions experienced by the knights which sometimes makes the dreams more complex and difficult to interpret. Interestingly, the male counterparts within the context of the epic explore controversial implications of their virtues as men, because of how they conceptualize women within their dreams.

Henrik Ibsen 's A Doll 's House is a work of literature genius. This three-act play involves many literary technics that are undermined by the average reader such as the fact that the plot shows the main characters Torvald and his wife Nora live the "perfect life." An ironic paradox based around the fact that Nora and Torvald’s relationship is the complete opposite of perfect. Also, bringing upon a conflict as well, appearance versus reality. These little hidden meanings within stories are what are undermined such as foils, characters that are used to develop a character further. Such as Torvald Helmer for Nils Krogstad and Nora Helmer also for Nils Krogstad. These foils help in showing the theme, the sacrificial roles of women.

The Victorian Era refers to the period of time in Great Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria. It was modeled after an idealized idea of her life based on some specific mores and values. People that lived in the Victorian era were very hypocritical. Everyone was expected to have a perfect family and perfect life. In reality, it was just a façade masking the real issues beneath. Women were expected to have a thorough education in music, singing, dancing, and taking care of the household. They were deterred from being too educated because it was considered unfeminine. Once they find and marry their husband, women would stay home, raise the children, and look after the home. Nora, the main character of A Doll’s House is expected to be a perfect wife and mother. She goes against these expectations and harbors a secret that could change her life for the better. In A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen uses Nora’s secret to give her agency that women during the Victorian era usually did not have, to go against societal expectations of women.

Today, the accepted roles of both women and men judged by society’s expectations is an extremely controversial topic. Feminism is a battle that many women are fighting, because even though today’s women can be and accomplish almost anything, men often play the more superior role in many relationships. The role of women has been viewed differently throughout different points in history and in different areas. However, many people don 't realize that the slight lack of power women seem to have nowadays has lessened with time, in all areas. Even though many may argue that men have an abuse of power in modern times, women have far more rights in government and society’s standings than they once had . A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen sheds light on the typical role of women in 1870’s Norway, showing how women were treated then: almost as objects with no real important place in society. This gives modern readers a clear view of how many more opportunities that women have nowadays. This essay will combat the derogatory view of women that many people may still have yet how it has lessened and changed . It will examine the role of men in the time period of the play as well. This essay will look into Ibsen’s life and motives for writing, because not only did he choose to give light to feminism, but he alluded to looking down on the role of men. It will explore what themes in the play that relate to Ibsen’s personal life. This essay will also explore the minds of the characters in the

The play A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen was written in 1879 and is about a middle-class marriage in the nineteenth century. Social and economic conditions affect people in different ways, but in this play it causes conflict within Torvald and Nora’s marriage. The main characters are Torvald, Nora, Mrs. Linde, Krogstad, and Anne-Marie. Dr. Rank also plays a small part in the play. Throughout the play you read how each one of these characters had some problem with their wealth or social standing.

Agents of socialization help in dictating what is an acceptable form of gender role. The stage that is already set from birth within a family. Placed in the world then carried on with the world, reinforced by the way that society portrays what is passable, thus maintaining the overall picture that certain roles appear allocated to a certain gender type. As with Nurture – which is the experiences, values, environment in addition to upbringing that defines who we are - along with socialization which is the lifelong process by which through social interaction, we learn our culture, develop our sense of self, then become functioning members of society. The symbolic interactionism in the book A Doll’s House written by Henrik Ibsen looks at the behavior of people along with the effects that affect such behavior, such as the inequalities in marriage.

Krogstad is one of the most complex characters from Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. Initially, Krogstad appears to be the villain of the play. Nora owes Krogstad a great deal of money. Krogstad uses the existence of her debt to blackmail Nora, threatening to inform her husband of her debt and her forgery if she does not use her influence to secure his position at the bank. Krogstad serves at a catalyst which brings about the central conflict of the play. However, Krogstad has other roles as well. Krogstad is a foil to Nora. He had been the exact same situation that Nora is in now. He had forged a signature to save the life of someone dear to him. Krogstad is also a foil to Torvald. Whereas Torvald continues to advance in society, Krogstad is at

The tellings of The Little Match Girl, both the modern version and the traditional short story by Hans Christian Andersen, tell the story of a poor young girl selling matches in blistering cold weather while illustrating the beauty of hope, reminding readers not to take things for granted and encouraging us to become more aware of the ones who do not have a voice to speak for themselves. The original telling of The Little Match Girl started off as a short story written by Andersen when inspired by a young girl he saw selling matches in the streets and after hearing that his own mother was forced by her parents to beg for money on the streets and rather than returning home empty handed she took refuge under a bridge all night where the cold nearly took her life. Two modern adaptations that compare to the traditional are the 1987 film The Little Match Girl directed by Lindsay-Hogg and Disney Studios 2006 short film rendition of The Little Match Girl, where the filmmakers attempt to keep the same themes that are present in Andersen’s version while adding their own twists.