DOL College Essays Samples For Students

Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House has been the subject of discussion for many authors and critics. It has been praised for “embracing women’s equality” (Metzger) and for the theme of freedom that derives from restricting social, situations of life that is depicted (Goonetilleke). However, it has also been attacked for portraying women as unlovable, ill-favored, and loathsome beings without a single instance of depicting them as modest and noble (Styan 55). Most of these authors and critics have emphasized on the actions, persona, and relationship of the protagonist, Mrs. Nora Helmer in the play. Subsequently, to support their ...

In Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, a doomed marriage (the marriage of Nora and Torvald) comes apart both from the inside and outside, thanks to the machinations of Nils Krogstad. However, the two couples (Nora/Torvald, Nils/his lover Christine) demonstrate opposing perspectives on love. Nora serves the cultural function of the battered woman who finds new purpose in her life, Torvald the insecure man attempting to control his wife to maintain power in his own life. Meanwhile, Nils is the heartless, greedy beast who is soothed by Christine's love for him; while they are brought together, Nora and Torvald are torn ...

Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House explores the dilemma of being a woman in late 19th century Norway. At the start of the play it is arguable that the Helmers appear to have a perfect marriage. However, this is only because Nora appears to conform to male patriarchal stereotypes about the role of women. As the play proceeds secrets from the past are revealed as are the other characters’ perceptions of Nora and this culminates in the final scene of the play in which Nora experiences an epiphany which reveals to herself her true identity, and the lies and misconceptions ...

Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House is a highly intelligent play that, in its time of the nineteenth century, stood out against all other dramatic works. The protagonist of A Doll’s House is Nora Helmer. Nora is perhaps one of the deepest, most internally complicated characters in nineteenth century plays.

At the beginning of the play, Nora behaves in rather a childlike manner. She prances around like a young girl might do, secretly eats deserts which she has bought while out shopping, and when asked by her husband if she has eaten macaroons, she completely denies it. This incident with ...

In “A Doll’s House” written by Henrik Ibsen is a play about women’s roles in society in the 19th century.The book reflects the exploitation of the poor and the weak by the rich that is a mirror image of man, woman, the poor and the rich. It is therefore worth noting that the Ibsen’s believes have been narrate throughout the play. This play is the emancipation of women from the ancient regime in that society. A Doll House represents a woman who is struggling to be independent; however, she is unable because of the society culture, which recognizes men ...

Role of drug abuse in criminal activities

Introduction
According to Drapela (2006), drug use and abuse is not only detrimental to an individual’s health but also plays a role in facilitating criminal behavior in the society. The research aims to identify the root cause of the delinquents’ crimes (Maldonado, et al. 2010). This research will seek to provide strategies that will enable the administration of the right strategy that would alleviate criminal behavior completely (Anglin, et al. 2009). This strategy would indeed treat the cause of criminal behavior, rather than treating the symptoms of the problem (Haberstick, et al. 2011). Furthermore, the application of information ...

The elegy “Barbie Doll,” by Marge Piercy is an allegoric portrait of the negative traditions in which females have been forced into accepted wisdom of their bodies and manners in relation to a patriarchal idyllic. This principle is a slender hitherto curved body structure, with proportioned, ideal facial quality. The protagonist in Marge’s “Barbie Doll” gives up her own self image to accomplish the societal expectations of an ideal woman, a structure of community society dominated by the male species with their expectations on the ultimate ladies.
The literature gives the illustration of a girl child’s life who due to ...

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Following paper compares and contrasts Hedda Gabler and Nora Helmer. Both are the main characters from Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. Hedda is the main character in Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler. She called when Hedda Tesman by her husband, Jorgen Tesman. Ibsen has probably decided to name the piece after her pikenvn, Gabler, for the reason that Hedda has a problem with men. In the drama, it also acts as if she has a desire to be alone and to do without man. Another reason Hedda's problems is her fear of intimacy and sexual ...

In “A Doll House” written by Henrik Ibsen is a play about women’s roles in society in the 19th century. The book examines the exploitation of the poor and the weak by the rich. It is a mirror image of what Marxists wrote about the capitalistic class exploiting the poor. It is therefore worth noting that the Marxist’s believes have been spread throughout the play.
It is important to note that Nora’s thinking and her outlook is dominated completely by her material wealth and financial conditions. For instance, at the beginning of the play, we can see ...

A Doll’s House is built on lies, secrets, illusions, and delusions. The characters lie to each other and to themselves. Nora is keeping many secrets and lies from her husband, Torvald. Torvald is under the illusion and delusion that his wife is an innocent little creature that needs his guidance in all matters. Torvald has no idea about what is truly happening in his own house or in the lives of those close to him. For example, Torvald’s best friend, Dr. Rank, is keeping secrets from him even though Dr. Rank visits the house every day. Other ...

Censorship is a situation or condition where by expressive materials are restricted or constrained from access by various groups in the society or even the public at large. This process may be imposed at various levels of a country’s leadership or by relevant agencies concerned with works that may be expressive in nature. The restrictions may be varied and diverse in the manner of the specific materials that are being referred to. Time, place and manner constraints are just but a few relevant restrictions that are evident in censorship.

Reasons for Censorship

State Requirements

Laws that govern the country may require censoring of expressive ...

As a child grows he is exposed to various socio-cultural orientations that make him or her to adapt to the changing socialization and social conformity. In order to initiate early developmental of certain skills toys are introduced at various ages. A toy is any object normally associated with pets and children which is used for playing. Toys help in determining how a child grows by developing cognitive behaviors and also improving creativity. They also help in improving physical and mental skills that children will find useful in the future. Also toys allow children to use their minds and their body to ...

Discrimination at the workplace is a significant issue for many companies, and it also concerns promotion and new position hiring issues. It is often the case that the headquarters of the company bring their friends or relatives to the company and give them a job, though they may not fulfill all the requirements as other workers do. However, quite often employees hesitate to talk about it for several reasons: whether a fear to be fired or inability to accurately interpret their own rights concerning discrimination at the workplace. Moreover, it is a common thing to discriminate women at the company, preferring to give ...

Legal Environment of Admin

Foreword
This employee ethics and rights guide is intended for the use of supervisors in mitigating and implementing applicable rules and regulations upon all the agency staff. The implementation of the provisions of this guide will be managed by designated agency ethics official, hence, the department supervisors will act on the capacity of ethics official under the virtue of the higher management or until a proper ethics official is appointed (Reskin and Padavic, 2001).
Employees who have questions or concerns about the implemented policies on rights and ethics are encouraged to get in touch with their immediate supervisors. ...

Laurie Simmons

Laurie Simmons, unlike the others, is a photographer. She was born in 1949. She currently resides and works in New York (IMDb 1). Since the early 1970s, the artist has staged numerous scenes for her camera with numerous materials including objects on legs and people, dolls, and ventriloquist dummies to come up with photos that show and indicate scenes from the domestic milieu. (IMDb 1). The first mature works the artist showed were shown in black and white in 1976, they were pictures of dolls and dollhouses and other variations unrelated to people in several scenes like the bathroom with ...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare, A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller are separated by time, language and culture. All three are still widely performed all over the world. What is their appeal? Throughout the ages, theatre has evolved through many genres, styles and forms. However, many people would agree that all drama needs some sort of conflict in order to succeed. In my essay, I will discuss the three plays mentioned above in order to demonstrate that they all contain a mixture of conflict in the main character’s private life together with a ...

Pursuant to a proposal elevated by Ms. Bridget Stone, Supervisor for Customer Service Department, that a Customer Service Representative, Ms. Annette Green, be dismissed from her job due to violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), I am hereby documenting essential facts of the incident for your review and recommendation for appropriate action. Ms. Green filed for vacation leave but to be used to take care of a very sick mother. The leave should have been filed under FLMA . Likewise, Ms. Green exceeded the leave period by one (1) week without notice nor approval of her supervisor. ...

A) According to U.S. EEOC (para 2-5), hostile work environment is a situation in the workplace where an employee finds it hard to work due to harassment from other workers in the workplace. This is usually severe and pervasive. Harassment can be in the form of bullying, fondling, and the use of offensive language and remarks. Sexual harassment refers to bullying in the workplace in relation to an individual’s sex. It mostly affects female employees whereby they are coerced to have sexual relations with their colleagues in the work place. Sexual harassment takes the form of physical or ...

Recently, there have been many debates in Congress about the minimum wage in the United States, and there were both proponents and opponents of the idea to increase the minimum level (Rogers, 2015). With the coming presidential elections, there will be more discussion whether to increase the federal minimum wage.
Proponents of the increase claim that increasing the minimum wage can strengthen the country’s economy and labor market (Cooper & Sherk, 2014). When the minimum wage is high, people earn more, and it increases their productivity, morale, and companies win when they have motivated and productive employees.
At the ...

The occupational safety and health act of 1970 is an act enacted in the United States. The law was enacted to ensure that workers in any company are safe and healthy when engaged in their daily duties. The law provides for compensation of any employee who is injured, dies or is wrongfully restricted from duty if the cause is in the line of duty.
In the recommendations to the manager of Elora Jean & company, safety policy in the company will contain the following issues. Training of employees on the hazards that are likely to occur in the course ...

The United States Department of Labor Website, www.dol.gov/dol/topic/health-plans/cobra.htm, focuses on the health plan and benefit options that are available to ex-employees. This website communicates the current regulations and federal involvement in employee benefits. The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) is provided to ex-employees who want to continue their health benefits after their employment is terminated. Ex-employees who qualify are able to use COBRA. This allows them to select group health benefits for a period of time after their employments ends. In order to qualify for COBRA the ex-employee must have ended his or her employment for one of the ...

Labor laws are put into place to protect the different stakeholders in the labor market. With the increasing demand for labor, there is the need to have a clear guideline as given by law on how people within the labor market should be treated. Labor laws provide a guideline that is followed by both the employees and employers. An economy cannot thrive if the labor force is not a productive one; however, the labor force has to work in a conducive environment where the rights of each person are respected.
The law in New Jersey recognizes a child to be anybody below the ...

In the past, matters affecting the employees were only discussed by the corporate employers or at times individual employers made their decisions about the jobs offered to employees without consulting one another. This resulted in a range of working conditions on the same job giving employees different attitudes. As a result dislike for some jobs developed and eventually fall-out of employees from jobs was very high. (dol.govt.nz) As a result, the employees decided to form a forum to fight for their rights and campaign against oppressive employment.
After formation of such employee organizations (e.g. civil servants associations), the voice of the employees ...

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In the past, matters affecting the employees were only discussed by the corporate employers or at times individual employers made their decisions about the jobs offered to employees without consulting one another. This resulted in a range of working conditions on the same job giving employees different attitudes. As a result dislike for some jobs developed and eventually fall-out of employees from jobs was very high. (dol.govt.nz)
This resulted in many incidents whereby the employees were exploited by the employers since conditions for the job were very strict. For example, an employer would decide whether or not to suck an ...

Children falling in the age group of 4 to 5 years were observed in a classroom setting. This observation lasted for a day where the behavior, attitude and the activities of children were carefully noticed across different courses/ subjects. In addition, the role taken up by the teacher was also examined. This process of observing the preschool kids in a learning environment helped in understanding their development in a more coherent manner. Coming across their enthusiasm for play, the manner in which they helped other children and their curiosity to try new things, revealed the specifics of cognitive, social, emotional and other aspects ...

Abstract

Retirement could be one of the best decisions of life or even could be worst, depending upon a person’s attitude towards it. As this paper presents outline of studies about this decision of life along with things that can be done after retirement along with the things that must not be done. After a life full of hard work, retirement must come as a cool breeze which comes and sooths the life. This happens to many who retire with a plan and it becomes hard for those who do not. This paper outlines the best and worst of both.

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A general definition ...

Abstract

Retirement could be one of the best decisions of life or even could be worst, depending upon a person’s attitude towards it. As this paper presents studies about this decision of life along with things that can be done after retirement along with the things that must not be done. After a life full of hard work, retirement must come as a cool breeze which comes and sooths the life. This happens to many who retire with a plan and it becomes hard for those who do not. This paper highlights the best and worst of both.

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A general definition of retirement ...

At the beginning of the play it rapidly becomes clear that Nora’s husband Torvald Helmer is very dominant and that he treats Nora like a child. It is interesting that this takes place at Christmas, a time devoted to the pleasing of children and a time of dreams and fantasy, for Nora is essentially trapped within a dream world where everything is safe and things are just how they should be. This is essentially because she relies upon her husband to protect her from the vagaries of the outside world with its harsh realities and risks. To a certain extent it could be ...