Prescribed question: Which social groups are marginalized, excluded or silenced within the text?
Title Of the text for analysis: A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, 1879
The part of the course to which the task refers: Power and privilege
My critical response will:
Examine how women were treated in the play A Dolls House
Examine how the women had to follow the orders of the men in their life
Examine how Nora realizes that her role is no more than a doll and finally decides to leave.
How were women marginalized, excluded or silenced within the play A Doll’s House?
The play A Doll’s house was written in 1879, by Henrik Ibsen. The play was set in an unspecified Norwegian town or city. Norway has made remarkable progress since then in terms of feminism. The play A Doll’s House was set in a male dominant society in Norway, which actually shows the …show more content…
The word little was mentioned in almost every pet name showing that he was superior to her and also the head of the household, a marriage is supposed to be an equal relationship where both the husband and wife have an equal say in what goes on. Nora tried very hard to be the perfect wife, she liked it when Torvald called her those names as she sees it as endearing whereas actually, it is demeaning.
The role of women as seen in the play was to raise children, and if anything wrong the child did when they grow up it was always blamed on the mother and not the father or the child themselves. “As a lawyer, my dear, I have seen it often enough. Nearly all cases of early corruption may be traced to lying mothers.” Torvald says to Nora which she happily believes. Somehow women were always the one to be blamed in every situation and no one pointed out towards the
Title Of the text for analysis: A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, 1879
The part of the course to which the task refers: Power and privilege
My critical response will:
Examine how women were treated in the play A Dolls House
Examine how the women had to follow the orders of the men in their life
Examine how Nora realizes that her role is no more than a doll and finally decides to leave.
How were women marginalized, excluded or silenced within the play A Doll’s House?
The play A Doll’s house was written in 1879, by Henrik Ibsen. The play was set in an unspecified Norwegian town or city. Norway has made remarkable progress since then in terms of feminism. The play A Doll’s House was set in a male dominant society in Norway, which actually shows the …show more content…
The word little was mentioned in almost every pet name showing that he was superior to her and also the head of the household, a marriage is supposed to be an equal relationship where both the husband and wife have an equal say in what goes on. Nora tried very hard to be the perfect wife, she liked it when Torvald called her those names as she sees it as endearing whereas actually, it is demeaning.
The role of women as seen in the play was to raise children, and if anything wrong the child did when they grow up it was always blamed on the mother and not the father or the child themselves. “As a lawyer, my dear, I have seen it often enough. Nearly all cases of early corruption may be traced to lying mothers.” Torvald says to Nora which she happily believes. Somehow women were always the one to be blamed in every situation and no one pointed out towards the