Power and Control in A Doll's House and Rossetti's Poems

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  • Power & Control in ADH + Rossetti's poems
    • A Doll's House
      • Nora
        • Krogstad believes she has some power over Torvald
        • being controlled by Krogstad because of the loan and forgery
          • "If I get thrown into the gutter for a second time, I shall take you with me." p.50
        • takes control of her future and figures out what she wants to do
      • Mrs Linde
        • has no control over her future
          • in the hands of men to decide wether she gets a job or not
          • "it's quite likely I may be able to find some job for you'" p.42
      • Torvald
        • controlling and dominant over Nora in a fartherly way
          • limits the friends
        • holds power in his position at the bank and is looking for more
      • Dr Rank
        • no control over his death and diagnosis
          • his father's mistakes still haunt him
          • "I'm on the way out and there's nothing to be done about it." p.64
        • no control over his feelings for Nora
          • doesn't use his power to try and win her
          • "do you think he is the only one who would gladly lay his life down for you?" p.67
      • Krogstad
        • had no control over his sentence
        • doesn't have any power to prove he has changed
          • "the job in the bank was the first step on the ladder." p.46
      • Context
        • women weren't allowed to borrow money without their husbands/fathers
      • Critics
        • "Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power"- William Goddis
        • "more like a daughter, father relationship than a wife and husband."- Wiseman
        • "Nora and Torvald's relationship is an unresolved battle for power."- Garland
    • Rossetti
      • Shut Out
        • didn't show control when handed the apple and as a result got kicked out of Eden
      • Maude Clare
        • MC- Nell - Thomas
          • order of control
        • MC has the power to embarrass and humiliate him
          • "he strove to match her scorn with scorn, he faltered in his place"
      • In the Round Tower
        • went from powerful to powerless
          • taken by the indian rebels as they try to bring down the tower
      • No Thank You John
        • fully in control of the conversation
        • has her own power
          • holds her ground and doesn't let him bully her into a relationship
            • "friendship's good: only don't keep in view ulterior ends"
        • "the suitor isn't given a voice showing the power dynamic..." Simon Avery
      • Soeur Louise
        • holds no power in the relationship with the King
          • sends herself to a nunnery for her lack of self control
        • the King's status never wavered after the relationship was found out
      • Critics
        • "Rossetti wrote poems that give a vibrant voice to the female experience... Mold
        • women "were denied the social and economic freedoms enjoyed by men."- Mold

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