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    <title>A Doll’s House Group at eNotes</title>
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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the A Doll’s House Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[A doll is not a real person, it has no brain,living...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A doll is not a real person, it has no brain,living body,personality,identity or role other than a thing to be played with, to amuse, to entertain and discard when no longer interesting. In suggesting that Nora is in some kind of 'doll's house' Ibsen is also suggesting that she is an artificial creation with no autonomy and can only exist in an artifical world created specially for her. In some cases, in Ibsen's society and time (and our own...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:05:03 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The title of Ibsen's work conjures up images that could be associated...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The title of Ibsen's work conjures up images that could be associated with the characterization of women during that time period.  On one hand, the idea of women as a "doll" is one where individuals are kept for "show" and on display for others.  The house for dolls helps to create the image of a static character, one incapable of change or advocating for a sense of dynamic identity.  Another symbolic connotation of the term " a doll house"...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 03:52:03 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does the title of the play work as symbol and how does it reflect...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does the title of the play work as symbol and how does it reflect the role of women in society?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:25:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[i need to write a well developed essay on the comparison of trifles and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[i need to write a well developed essay on the comparison of trifles and a doll's house with a thesis of the femine voice of the there struggle]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:18:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[how does Nora explain her decision to leave? What evidence convinces her...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/dolls-house/q-and-a/how-does-nora-explain-her-decision-leave-what-120621</link>
        <description><![CDATA[how does Nora explain her decision to leave? What evidence convinces her that such actions is necessary?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 07:33:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What in Krogstad's first appearence on stage, and in Dr Ranks remarks...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What in Krogstad's first appearence on stage, and in Dr Ranks remarks about him, indicate that the bank clerk is a menace?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 07:19:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think she obliged to do this.She is a mother and any mother love her...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think she obliged to do this.She is a mother and any mother love her kids and does not want to leave them in any case.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dr:Rank has a very small and weak role in the play.One of the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dr:Rank has a very small and weak role in the play.One of the definiation of the word "Rank" in its noun form is "a high position ".Perhaps Ibsen has chosen this name to be ironic ; none of the characters place him highly in their thoughts.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:27:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[i think the weak or strong actions in this play depends on the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[i think the weak or strong actions in this play depends on the personality of the person himself not the gender .nora seems to be weak according to her personality not her gender of being a woman .as well as her weak personality changed at the end of the play to the opposite .she becomes strong when she decided to work .personality able to change but gender doesnot change.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:52:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Henrik Johan Ibsen began writing seriously in 1848 and wrote his first...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Henrik Johan Ibsen began writing seriously in 1848 and wrote his first play in 1849. He was twenty-one. Because of family misfortunes, Henrik Ibsen was apprenticed as an apothecary at age sixteen and moved from Skien, Norway, to Grimstad where he had a wish to enroll in the university to study medicine. It was in Grimstad, inspired by the 1848 European revolutions, that Ibsen began to write seriously, composing satire and poetry. He was about...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:17:02 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When in his life did lbsen decide to become a writer?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When in his life did lbsen decide to become a writer?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:43:13 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Characterize Noras decision to leave: is she justified? how do the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Characterize Noras decision to leave: is she justified? how do the children influence this decision?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:05:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nora was unaware of Dr. Rank's love for her for several reasons. Perhaps...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nora was unaware of Dr. Rank's love for her for several reasons. Perhaps first and foremost is the structure of society at the time. In the society in which Torvald and Nora lived, it would have been unthinkable for love to be demonstrated between people with no right to love, as is the case between a married woman and another man. It would be equally unthinkable for Nora to entertain the possibility of another gnetleman being in love with...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:49:02 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why was Nora unaware that Dr. Rank was in love with her?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/dolls-house/q-and-a/why-was-nora-unaware-that-dr-rank-was-love-with-111567</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why was Nora unaware that Dr. Rank was in love with her?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:06:03 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In A Doll's House Nora's experiences about being a wife are not being...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In A Doll's House Nora's experiences about being a wife are not being able to become independent. This is the way she is overpowered by her spouse. In the play, Nora remembers a lot about when she had to work to earn money.  She was happy then she felt like a man. During this time in history good women were not permitted to work.
In addition, the bank owner discriminates against Mrs. Lind.The bank owner asks Mrs. Lind if she is married. She...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:25:02 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How are woman overpowered by their men in the novels “One Hundred...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How are woman overpowered by their men in the novels “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and “A Doll’s House”?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:57:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think the gender of males plays a huge part in this play. Men in the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think the gender of males plays a huge part in this play. Men in the 19th century valued three basic things: beauty, value, and money. Torvald is the picture perfect 19th century man.  He expected everything to be beautiful. His wife had to always look nice, so she could not eat chocolate. The house had to always look put together. And status was so important to him. That is why he could not let Nora get caught. He could not risk his pride...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:27:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In reply to #1: I disagree. I believe he plays a hugely important role...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In reply to #1: I disagree. I believe he plays a hugely important role in the play. He is a symbol for the life Nora yearns for. If she could be free and independent, she would be with Dr. Rank. He represents Nora's freedom. He also has important traits himself. He is a vulnerable character, who locks himself up to die. He is a nice counterpart to Nora, who is actually very strong as we can see when she leaves in the end. He helps Nora see...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:15:03 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nora did not have to leave. She did not have to leave her children and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nora did not have to leave. She did not have to leave her children and husband. Torvald made a mistake; he is human. He seemed that he had changed at the end of the play. Nora could have stayed and worked on her relationship. They could have acted as mature adults and talked through their problems. She abandoned her children just to be selfish. What are her children going to do know? Today, they would have to go through a lot of counseling...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:55:13 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My suggestion is: "Nora, No More" representative of her newfound...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[My suggestion is: "Nora, No More" representative of her newfound independence. It encompasses the fact that she is not the same person she used to be. OR "The Rebirth of Nora" for obvious reasons. When you're trying to come up with a title, think about including some aspect of the character's personality or a word descriptive of what the play is about. Good luck! Hope you like my suggestion as I'm a free-lance writer/playwright. If you need...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:10:04 PST</pubDate>
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