Being based around the retrospective secret and Nora's mistake, gives a perfect tool to create suspense, as if the secret is revealed the whole play will change 'for the worse', (Nora's life will fall apart). ... Both Nora's father and Torvald, treated Nora as a possession, a doll, an occurrence that has run throughout her life. ... Nora, in attempt to gain money from Dr Rank begins to flirt with him. Only to be told that he is in love with her, this revelation makes her feel uncomfortable and no longer able to take money away from him. ... When he doesn't Nora...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Through the technique of foreshadowing, Ibsen shows how Nora is able to gain a power over Torvald, which she then uses to her advantage. ... Because Nora has borrowed from Krogstad, he is using this power to influence her role as a matriarch in society. Nora's foil, Mrs Linde, wants structure to her life, which she has not had since the death of her husband, which is in stark contrast to Nora, who is more enigmatic and mysterious; willing to hold secrets. ... Ibsen also conveys this through Torvalds sexual desire to be with Nora at the party. ... He says to Nora 'whatever you'...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

To contrast hypocrisy, O"Connor once again puts this same style of humor to use creating a lighthearted tone when upon exiting the confessional Nora, Jackie's older and "wiser" sister, puts on a "holier-than-thou" exhibition of virtue. ... He might have to send you up to the bishop." (323) The humor in Nora's unmistakably obvious hypocrisy again gives a lighthearted tone to the otherwise seriousness of the situation. ... His masterful characterizations are particularly effective in portraying the hypocrisy of such characters as Nora and Mrs. ... Ryan and Nora and Jackie and the...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Nora Volkow of the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY, Dr. ... "You get a sense of power, a sense of being able to do things, an immediate feeling of pleasure associated with moving and getting going and being unusually capable. Scientists are now able to actually see this happening. ...

• Word Count: 1130
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate