... way by Geneviève's actions. Her last act was to let Claude "stay in a convent until her betrothalto know the value of mass, of prayer, confession, communion" (165). His lust for her was endless as even when she became betrothed, he still was anxious to ... talk to her. His man-made social disability, though, was enough to deter his plans as he was ultimately unsuccessful in his plight. While Nicolas's disability was due to an outside force ... by choices they had made, another did not have the power to have a change their social standing as nature and social norms were the reasons for ...

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... to echo in the mind unpleasantly. It carries in it's definition cruelty, ignorance, violence, and hatred. Criminals are labeled, however, in countless numbers by all cultures throughout history. Playwright Henrik Ibsen, once accused of being somewhat "criminal" himself, forced us to look at the mindset of the criminal themselves. Criminals of society's morals created a driving force for Ibsen. In two such works, A Doll's House ... conversation that isn't nearly as superficial; the dialogue that begins the first act, between Regina and her Father Engstrand, proves actually to be slightly u...

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