The vocal opinions of the child shocked the headmistress which engages the audience to the edge of the seat. The viewer can assume that after Miss Minchin punishes Sara with all the chores, the child had nothing to loss. This led to Sara convey her beliefs to the headmistress by stating “Every girl is a princess. Didn’t your father ever tell you that? Didn’t he?” (ALP) is a film that truly absorbs the audience with the authentic characters and scenery that tells a story of its own.
The gesture also inspires Edna to speak openly and freely and by doing so Edna feels intoxicated as if she tasted “the first breath of freedom” [VII Chopin]. Madame Ratignolle’s sympathy gives Edna the courage to say what is on her mind without censoring, an exercise that helps her outward existence and inward life to correspond. To Edna, Madame Ratignolle is an embodiment of the mother woman, and through her presence Edna realizes that she is not like her, and that she does not want to devote herself to her husband and children, she would rather have some space and freedom for herself to pursue her interests. Thus Edna realizes that she is not and does not want to be a mother woman. This realization helps Edna further understand herself and she gradually starts neglecting her marital obligations in action rather than only questioning them in her head.
He does this by things such as calling her nicknames with negative characteristics, such as his little lark, spendthrift and featherhead. Both Nora and Torvald, put on a face for the rest of the world and each other. Surprisingly, these choices of façade complimented each other. We gradually see how it isn’t good enough for her, yet hides it anyways through most of the play. In this era, it is expected for a woman to go straight from her father’s hand to her husband’s and the sacrifices it meant.
Every detail from the props to the lighting engrosses the audience into the play as it is done naturalistically, and the audience believe that anything can happen, like in every day life. Keatley also introduces the wasteland, where the girls are of similar age, and this highlights various generation differences through things as subtle as their speech. Keatly highlights the similarities between Margaret and Doris in Act One, Scene Seven, through the folding of the sheet: “Margaret pulls so hard that Doris lets go and they jerk back from eachother” This action shows that both Margaret and Doris want to make their relationship work and keep trying different ways, as with the sheet, and it continues to go wrong. They come together with the sheet, showing that the pair want to make their relationship work, and are trying hard to do so, despite finding it difficult. The coming together of the sheet also highlights that despite the age difference, they are similar and a mother a daughter.
However, those who do not are condemned by both the society and its people. This idea is reflected in Albert Camus’s The Outsider through Meursault’s encounters. Uniformity in society is a scam. Society is anything but a microcosm of friendship and intimacy. The protagonist of The Outsider, Meursault, is estranged because he does not fit into the social norm.
Structure versus Agency is a major sociological key debate, it attempts to explain how a society is created and where our place as human being is, but also how we fit in it. Does the society we live in determines our lives? What determines our individual behaviour, social structures or human agency? The human behaviour and the interactions between humans in a society are the major topics in sociology. Although the question that sociologist ask themselves are the same, their answers and theories can be completely opposite.
Taming of the Shrew; Has Kate been tamed? In the beginning of the play Katherina’s behavior is exactly of what her reputation upholds; unfriendly, hot tempered and unpleasant to be around. In the opening scene Katherina portrays the typical characteristics of a “shrewish” woman has and the type of behavior someone would expect from her herself. In scene one Katherina talks back to Gremio and Hortensio when they are discussing who will potentially get to marry Bianca, only a shrewish woman will just speak or talk back without being asked to. “To comb your noodle with a three-legged stool, and paint your face, and use it like a fool.” (1.1.64) Katherina says this to Gremio and Hortensio after they insulted her; this is not acceptable for a young woman to say to a man.
Despite all these changes, the free- thinking, independent woman has proved to be a durable stereotype. The concept of the disobedient women that opposed any male authority was worked into many different adaptations of the original play and used in other texts. Even though slightly changed and modified through the ages to relate to different societies, the Kate character has survived. The “shrew” idea became a major challenge for any actress offered the role of Shakespeare's Kate and attempt to develop it in an appealing way to the audience of their time. The word shrew as used in the concept of Shakespeare's original play, means a woman with a violent, scolding, or nagging temperament (TCM, fact sheet).
She wants to see her sister and her husband, Stanley Kowalski. The play offers many examples of how Blanche and Stella are completely different. Stella is perfect, helpful sister. She always listens to Blanche’s problems and feelings, therefore a little bit naive. Even though Stella & Blanche are related they are completely different, but as it is stated earlier they do have some similarities.
Therefore she changes dramatically, as she is tired of being treated condescendingly by both her husband, Torvald and her ‘friend’ Christine Linde. This becomes painfully clear to her: “I’ve been your doll-wife, just as I used to be papa’s doll-child.” However, she does know that her ‘childish’ behavior may be in her advantage, as Torvald is used to her acting this way and likes to guide her. “Correct me, lead me, the way you always do, I can’t get anywhere without your help.” This makes Nora a symbol of society at that time: woman deliberately play a role because they otherwise would not be understood or accepted by their environment. Despite Nora’s infantile actions at the opening scenes of this play, Ibsen does show some more mature female characters, even in the male-dominated society they live in. Christine Linde for instance.