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The Dollhouse
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Essay Topics
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of gender discrimination.
How does the dual-narrative structure juxtapose the challenges faced by Darby in 1952 and Rose in 2016 to create a broader argument about the enduring nature of female ambition and its societal costs?
How do the fates of Darby, Esme, and Stella illustrate the varied price of female independence in defiance of 1950s patriarchal expectations?
Analyze Esme as a plot device. How do her ambitions, deceptions, and ultimate fate drive the narrative arcs of both Darby and Sam, propelling the central mystery of the novel?
