The Doll's House Flashcards
1
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Author
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Katherine Mansfield
2
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Connection
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Eveline
3
Q
Why this story?
A
Protagonist strives to leave current economic state, discusses issues faced by lower middle class and poverty, wants freedom and stability
4
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Themes
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Stability, economic freedom, classism, discrimination, wealth, status, luxury, isolation, loneliness, inherited prejudice, sympathy, empathy, innocence and goodwill of youth, inclusion vs exclusion, shame, poverty, talking vs silence, oblivion, ignorance
5
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Tone
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Objective, standoffish, detached, impersonal, distracted, not fully present, lack of empathy
6
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Diction
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Rigid, pretentious, haughty, pitiful, privileged
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Literary devices
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Symbolism, imagery, metaphor, simile, foreshadowing
