Writer's Statement: Hospital Doll

“I must have stood for a few moments listening to the whip and snap of the curtains and the groan of a picture on the wall.”

The author uses personification in the story to help show a picture in the reader's mind. Some examples are, “Then the river whispered, Get ready. Get ready.” (In line 25) This is an example of personification because it makes the reader think that the river is actually speaking.

The Use and Effect of Symbolism and Extended Metaphor in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House In A Doll’s House, Ibsen makes frequent use of symbolism and extended metaphor to convey ideas and develop motifs. The use of extended metaphor and symbolism is present throughout the play, including the title. Ibsen makes the metaphor of Nora as a doll in the play through dialogue and narration.

For example, “Montag slid down the pole like a man in a dream.” (Bradbury 32). This simile is saying how Montag is feeling like he is in a dream living two lives as a confused person. Another example is “And his eyes were beginning to feel hunger, as if they must look at something, anything and everything.” (Bradbury 38). This example of personification is explaining how Montag is wanting to look at or do something that he knows he shouldn’t. This feeling causes him to be anxious almost as if it’s a need for him to whatever it is that he’s craving. The figurative language in this story adds great detail and imagery for the

Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” is a controversial play focusing on the marriage of Nora and Torvald Helmer. The play is filled with symbols that represent abstract ideas and concepts. These symbols effectively illustrate the inner conflicts that are going on between the characters. Henrik Ibsen’s use of symbolism such as the Christmas tree, the locked mailbox, the Tarantella, Dr. Rank’s calling cards, and the letters allows him to give a powerful portrayal to symbolize aspects of characters and their relationship to each other.

In his article, “The Man in the Water” Roger Rosenblatt uses personification in order to let the people see that the heroes did more than just save people, they also showed the people what to be like. Rosenblatt explains that four men helped save the survivors “ and on that same afternoon, human nature- groping and flailing in mysteries of its own- rose to the occasion.” (Rosenblatt 2). The words “rose to the occasion” are used in the passage to explain that in this time in need, human nature came through to save the people in pain. Personification is used because human nature cannot actually rise to the occasion and the real people are the ones that make the decisions. Once the man in the water

Personification 1: “She was what Nova Scotions called a Cape Island boat and was designed for the small inshore fishermen haddock and hake” (MacLeod, 2) The author uses personification to show that the boat acts an important role in the narrator’s family, just like one of his family

The Doll Test was conducted by two doctors with the surname Clark, one named Kenneth and Doll tests were an idea that they created back in the 1940’s in order to see how African American children saw themselves and what effect did segregation have on their self-esteem? This was to serve as evidence of the Brown vs. Board of Education case. The case study included children who were between the ages three and seven. The participants had to choose which doll was smarter, prettier, meaner, uglier, and there were other alike options. The majority of African American children who participated chose the white doll.

A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen, portrays a young married woman, Nora, who plays a dramatic role of deception and self-indulgence. The author creates a good understanding of a woman’s role by assuming Nora is an average housewife who does not work; her only job is to maintain the house and raise the children like a stereotypical woman that cannot work or help society. In reality, she is not an average housewife in that she has a hired maid who deals with the house and children. Although Ibsen focuses on these “housewife” attributes, Nora’s character is ambitious, naive, and somewhat cunning. She hides a dark secret from her husband that not only includes borrowing money, but also forgery. Nora’s choices were irrational; she handled the

Matheson expresses this trait when he writes, "It sounded like the sea imprisoned under canvas,, roaring to escape" to vividly express the sea's actions as if it were a person to make it come alive. (Matheson 3). This is expressed by Matheson when he writes, "The tent had swallowed him then..." to state the emotion of Neville and how he feels captivated by "the ocean" (Matheson 3). Matheson uses personification to allow readers to feel connected to the characters and to vividly see their emotions through objects with human

Personification is when you give an object or animal human traits. Barbara Hurd uses lots of personification in her article. Barbara explains, “ Foaming and inching its lunar way up the beach, the sea polishes small stones, sloshes into and out of the tiny whorled and bivalved shells somersaulting in the undercurl of its waves,” (Hurd 6). The sea doesn’t really polish the stones as a human would. The shells also can’t somersault like a small child in a field. Even so, it’s possible to understand what the ocean and it’s components are doing. Cervantes details a similar process. Cervantes proposes, “As if they had created terrariums with their bodies On purpose; adding sprigs of seaweed, seashells, white feathers, eel bones, miniature mussels, a fish jaw,” (Cervantes 2). To elaborate, starfish can’t add things to themselves like humans add jewelry and clothing. They also can’t make terrariums, mostly since they don’t even know what they are. Still, the gathering of objects onto the starfish is easy to create visually and

    Many authors use the personification of inanimate objects to symbolize the feelings and expressions of their characters. One example of this is in John Cheever’s short story, "The Enormous Radio." Although critics argue that the characteristics of the radio are the opposite of those of Jim and Irene Westcott, the radio actually reflects the couple’s life.

The need to act independently is the hallmark of a person’s development. Most notably, in A Doll’s House, we are introduced to characters who have never gotten the chance to act independently and we see how they connect by using their independence to influence their need of security.

In “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen was created during 1800s time period. This play helps shine a light on the gender roles of the 1800s while also creating a twist that was uncommon for this period. During this time period, women were left home to oversee the domestic duties, while men went to commuted to work (Hughes). Men were seen as physically superior but morally inferior to women; which is also portrayed within this book (Hughes). This play marks the beginning of Henrik Ibsen’s realist period, which he explored the ordinary lives of small-town people (Kirszner and Mandell 881). This “modern tragedy” helped make Ibsen famous internationally because of the real-life story it captured (Kirszner and Mandell 882). Henrik Ibsen uses an array of literary devices to help keep the reader captivated from beginning to end. Three of the most prominent literary devices used by Henrik Ibsen are symbolism, foreshadowing, and an array of themes. These literary devices help transform a basic play into a complex story of lies and deception.

A Doll’s House was published in Norway in 1879 by Henrik Isben. He is known as the father of Modern Theatre. He is also referred as the father of realism. The play is very interesting because of the funny dialogue, the unique characters, and Ibsen 's view of the place of ladies in the public eye. The main characters of the play is Nora Helmer and her husband Torvald Helmer. Imagine what it would be like to live in a doll 's home? It 's a house in which you are controlled and have no energy to settle on any solid choice; It 's a house in which you are a play thing for another person 's amusement. This sounds a ton like an awful marriage, so it 's a house in which your husband holds the satchel strings, in a manner of speaking, and abandons you with no influence over your family 's accounts. In fact, your husband keeps you on a tightrope. Such is the perceived life of Nora Helmer.