Articles for tag: A Doll's House, Doll House, Room Box, Scales

Doll House Scales: Getting it Done Right

One of the trickiest things to get down when you first start miniature work is scale. What do all those numbers mean, and more importantly how can you decorate your house or room box without it all being out of proportion? First, let’s define the common scales and their doll house ratio to the real ...

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A Review of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

Henrik Ibsen’s timeless play A Doll’s House revolves around the complex relationship between Torvald Helmer and his wife Nora. They live a comfortable life and appear to be very happy together until a mistake from Nora’s past returns to haunt her. Nora expects Torvald to save her from harm at all costs, and when he ...

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Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House as Social Commentary

The Play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen expresses many social conventions through the play’s dramatic conventions. Ibsen makes a commentary on the convention of marriage in the 1800’s as well as the conventions of the relationship between a husband and wife in relation to expected roles and duties of each. Not only is Ibsen ...

How to Build a Doll House for Your Little Princess

Sometimes it is just easier just to go to a local retail store and buy your little princess a doll house, but which do you think she would treasure more? The plastic one you bought at Wal-Mart? Or the doll house you yourself spent time building and painting for her? Every little girl imagines a ...

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The Easiest Way to Light Up Your Doll House

I enjoy building doll houses on the side. Whenever I have some spare time I will put together a doll house, paint it, and add some furniture. These doll houses either go away to a family member, or I sell them whenever we have a yard sale. These doll houses though are always put together ...

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Ibsen’s Women: Feminism or Realism?

The roles of women have been a big part of literature and are usually a representation of how the roles of women in real life have evolved. Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” and “A Doll’s House” are considered by many to be representations of the issues women faced in the 19th century. During the 1800s, women ...