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Influence of Antigone on A Doll's House
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╨╧рб▒с > ■ , . ■ + ье┴ 5@ Ё┐ 0 ° bjbj╧2╧2 ($ нX нX J н И Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ ъ ъ ъ ъ 8 " . ъ v N N N N N N N N К М М М М М М $ Б R ╙ ╪ ░ Ъ N N N N N ░ Ъ Ъ N N ┼ X X X N Ъ N Ъ N К X N К X X j Ъ Ъ j N B ░Fе╥│М╟ ъ N j К █ 0 j л N л j о $ ╥ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ л Ъ j N N X N N N N N ░ ░ X Influence of Antigone on A Doll's House by Anonymous October 14, 2001 It is very difficult to label something as a first in literature. Much the way inventions are often adaptations of previously patented objects, most authors borrow ideas and techniques form pre-existing media. In order to truly classify something as a first one must look for something entirely revolutionary, something that has never been done before. Two of these so called "firsts" include the first modern novel with Flaubert's Madame Bovary and what has been called the first modern play in Ibsen's A Doll's House. Regarding the latter, it is important to realize that while the play did break several molds which had endured for centuries, much was borrowed and adapted from past works. Of these, another "first" emerges for having shown a strong influence on Ibsen and his revolutionary play. Coincidentally, it is what historians refer to as on of...
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