A Woman 's Pride
Many cultures lock their women in a closet, making them feel like they are worthless. Some women do not have a say on anything in the household. Men always had the upper hand in society, and men will always have the upper hand in everything. Society believes that women should stand behind a man. Women should not want to take the lead. Even though women have some kind of pride and power today, women are still restricted to certain things. In the play “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen, he shows how a woman starts to change their role in society. He shows how a woman 's pride can take her places she does not even recognize. He shows how women were not independent. They had to rely on their husbands for everything. Without a husband, a woman is worth nothing. “A Dollhouse” challenges the pride perspective when it makes the character, Nora, prideful with powers to manipulate those around her, ruin her marriage, and allow her to explore the potential of finding freedom. Nora’s pride gives her the opportunity to manipulate her husband and other people around her. Women in the 19th century were meant to …show more content…
The ring was the only thing holding her back to finding her true self. She also asks for her ring back, showing that she was taking her freedom back. In the text, “Woman in a Doll’s house” by August Strindberg, he writes, “Then Nora says a few sensible things. She wants to give up her marriage in order to find herself. The question is whether she could not do that just as well in the same house with her love for Helmer” (985). Has a married woman, Nora should be able to find herself in her home. Instead, she wants to leave the house because she has too much confident and she feels that she can do everything on her own. Her pride would not let her stay under the same roof with the man she is supposed to
Many cultures lock their women in a closet, making them feel like they are worthless. Some women do not have a say on anything in the household. Men always had the upper hand in society, and men will always have the upper hand in everything. Society believes that women should stand behind a man. Women should not want to take the lead. Even though women have some kind of pride and power today, women are still restricted to certain things. In the play “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen, he shows how a woman starts to change their role in society. He shows how a woman 's pride can take her places she does not even recognize. He shows how women were not independent. They had to rely on their husbands for everything. Without a husband, a woman is worth nothing. “A Dollhouse” challenges the pride perspective when it makes the character, Nora, prideful with powers to manipulate those around her, ruin her marriage, and allow her to explore the potential of finding freedom. Nora’s pride gives her the opportunity to manipulate her husband and other people around her. Women in the 19th century were meant to …show more content…
The ring was the only thing holding her back to finding her true self. She also asks for her ring back, showing that she was taking her freedom back. In the text, “Woman in a Doll’s house” by August Strindberg, he writes, “Then Nora says a few sensible things. She wants to give up her marriage in order to find herself. The question is whether she could not do that just as well in the same house with her love for Helmer” (985). Has a married woman, Nora should be able to find herself in her home. Instead, she wants to leave the house because she has too much confident and she feels that she can do everything on her own. Her pride would not let her stay under the same roof with the man she is supposed to