Essays on Spendthrift

Literature review: Nora Helmer in the play Dollhouse by Henrik Ibsen

Nora Helmer is one if not the most interesting character in the three-act play prose written by the great writer Henrik Ibsen. Many of the literally critics me included argue that such an immature, incredibly ignorant person can never have attained the kind of understanding or the revolutionary, amazing qualities that are represented by Nora by the time she leaves her home. While analyzing the play I noticed the creative and careful construction of the character Nora take place in the play. Ibsen has created Nora in such a way that her far sightedness and show of independence can ...

Dona Flor and her Two Husbands is a 1976 comedy directed by Bruno Barreto. Set in the context of Bahia, the film is a humorous look at Brazilian rural establishments and culture in the 1970s. In the film, a Vadinho do Guimares – a perennial gambler and spendthrift dies during a carnival (Barreto). His widow Dona Flor dedicates herself to her cooking school and later marries a pharmacist called Teodoro (Barreto). She later dreams of her late husband’s amorous attentions as she gets dissatisfied by Teodoro’s love-making. One evening Vadinho appears in bed to demand his marital rights (Barreto) and from thence, Dona decides ...

Introduction

The Oxford dictionary defines a “play” as a “dramatic work for the stage or for broadcast” (2012). We also know that the term is also used to indicate moments of fun and enjoyment. The evolution of drama and theatre can be traced back to the Greek period where it emerged in close relation to religion and rituals of the time. F.L Lucas in his interpretation of Aristotle’s “Poetics” explains how the drama at that time was similar to rituals and sacred mysteries as they provided a different kind of purification to the spectator by means of thought provoking stories and visual ...