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…The portrayal of women in the novels One Hundred years of Solitude and The House of the Spirits differs greatly. In One Hundred Years of Solitude empowerment comes only through age, for instance Ursula Iguaran, the matriarch of the Buendia family…

…offensive to the public, despite the fact that it was a bestseller. Also Henrik Ibsens "A Doll's House" was such a slap in the face to many Europeans that it was banned in some countries and revised in Germany so that it had a happy ending. Some people…

…Esteban Trueba, from "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende, and Pechorin, from "A Hero of Our Time" by Mikhail Lermontov, both appear to be Byronic Heroes in each novel. However, Esteban is found not to be the Byronic Hero when closely examined…

…In the play 'A Doll's House' by Henrik Ibsen, the protagonist Nora Helmer eventually comes to the understanding that to become fully emancipated from her shallow life, she must leave her family and pursue her journey alone. Before this happens, she…

…Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" shows how two women who went to school together many years previous have led totally different lives. Nora is married, has three children and everything she wants or needs. Her husband Torvald treats her like a doll…

…The Boarding House The story begins with Mrs. Mooney's failed marriage. It is apparent that Mrs. Mooney was a strong willed woman and refused to deal with a husband that was an abusive drunk. The introduction tells us how Mrs. Mooney came to run…

…in the lives of unhappy people. Also, money rules the world, causing many crimes against humans and humanity. Authors Friedrich Durrenmatt and Henrik Ibsen also found this to be true, expressing regard through The Visit and A Doll's House. These two authors…

…Hoffer reminds me of Toni Morrison's Jazz and Edith Wharton's House of Mirth in that the main characters of the novels encountered pivotal crises where their sense of identity was thwarted by money, love, or their relationship with another character…

…with his play. At the beginning of "A Doll's House", Nora Helmer is shown as a childish and naive housewife with a knack for spending money. She seems to enjoy her role in their home, which we would call the "typical man-woman" relationship at that time. One…

…The role of the female in male dominated societies is a prevalent theme in American literature and has been explored by countless authors. Edith Wharton, in The House of Mirth, and Zora Neale Hurston, in Their Eyes Were Watching God, are just two…