http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/ibsen Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 29 May 2026 11:28:12 -0400 Fri, 29 May 2026 11:28:12 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/402/habitus-in-shakespeares-taming-of-the-shrew By Abigail R. Marsch - Scholars have written a good deal about Shakespeare’s play, The Taming of the Shrew. They have presented many different interpretations of the relationship between the two main characters, Petruchio and Katherine. One interpretation states that Kate and Petruchio willingly take up accepted social roles in public to keep the peace in their culture, but have a different arrangement in the privacy of their marriage. But another intriguing idea applies anthropological and sociological ideas to this play and claims that this first interpretation is realistically impossible. While there is contextual... Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/402/habitus-in-shakespeares-taming-of-the-shrew http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1680/nora-as-a-doll-in-henrik-ibsens-a-dolls-house By Michael C. Wiseman - Until her change, Nora is very childlike and whimsical. Her first act on stage is her paying the delivery body. Though his service only costs 50-p., she gives him a hundred. Though an additional 50-p. is not a significant amount of money, the casual way in which she gives it to him is indicative of her fiscal irresponsibility (Cummings). She hands him the hundred and before he can thank her, she decides in the middle of the transaction that she is not patient enough to wait for change. The fact that this seemingly mundane occurrence is presented as the first action on stage showcases the reckless... Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:50 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1680/nora-as-a-doll-in-henrik-ibsens-a-dolls-house