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A “Doll’s house”, by Henrik Ibsen has set out some serious questions which must be taken into account before judging Nora’s character. Nora, being the main character in the play represents the “doll” that makes such trivial decisions, and giving us (the readers) the impression that she is immature. Many questions have been raised regarding…

Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (1879) was born in a time of revolution in Europe. Charged with the fever of the 1848 revolution, a new modern perspective was beginning to emerge in the literary and dramatic world, challenging the romantic tradition. It is Ibsen who can be credited for mastering and popularizing the realist drama derived…

How does Henrik Ibsen use stereotype in “A Doll’s House” to challenge our pre-conception of gender roles within marriage’should relate to bot present day and the time in which the play was set in. In today’s world, the stereotypical roles that males and females play in their marriages are very different from the time the play…

Henrik Ibsen wrote about realism in drama in the 19th century. He talked about issues relevant to the age and made predictions of where people were headed in his work. The structure of this play is three acts but it ends with a discussion. Ibsen moved away form tradition with his characterisation. There is a…

Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays for one main reason; it keeps the audience gripped and in suspense throughout the play. However this is not achieved through clever writing and screen play alone, this suspense is maintained by Shakespeare using a timeless method of getting someone’s attention; by showing the…

The prominent theme in A Doll’s House is that of male supremacy and the subsequent suppression of women’s participation in society, particular to the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. In conveying the prevalence of Nora’s constraints and the restrictions placed upon her, Ibsen uses subtle visual nuances of space within the setting to compliment…

Caliban is often regarded as a complex character. Choose two scenes from the play ‘The Tempest’ in which he appears and discuss how Shakespeare reveals to an audience, the complexities of Caliban’s character. William Shakespeare’s play ‘The Tempest’ was thought to be one of his last completed pieces and conveys a lot of his own thoughts…

By referring to Act One and Act Four of the play, show how the character of Will Mossop is developed by Harold Brighouse. You should consider the different techniques the playwright uses to show the changes in the character. Hobson’s choice is a play set in the 1880’s, at this time society was split into classes….

The unveiling of a new play by Edward Albee at an American professional theatre is a rare event, but it will happen this fall at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati. Lee Blessing is working on his second world premiere at the theatre in as many years. A new Eric Overmyer piece is expected to be on…

The Play ‘An Inspector Calls’ was written by J.B. Priestley in 1945 which is six years after the start of World War Two. The play is set in 1912, which is two years before the start of World War One. Priestley himself was a socialist and believed that everyone should help everyone else out. When…