Henrik Ibsen’s, A Doll’s House, explores common situations that women faced in the Victorian Era. Ibsen wrote and established his play in the Victorian time of history, when women struggled against the world which viewed females as inferior to men and limited as to what they can do. Males were dominating and highly respected during this era. On the contrary, females were expected to put men on a pedestal and had no other option but to live up to societal expectations to men. Three female characters in A Doll’s House contribute to the feminist themes of the play and each contributes to the feminist cause. Nora Helmer, Mrs. Kristine Linde, and Anne-Marie give readers an insight on feminism in the Victorian Era. Ibsen exemplifies the everyday struggles of females through these three female characters. The male characters in A Doll’s House show the audience how men acted according to women in the Victorian Era. Each of these three female characters encountered issues in their life, where society’s expectations criticized their problems harshly.
Nora Helmer, in A Doll’s House, is a devoting wife and mother who cares deeply about her family and would put them before anything or anyone, even if it altered her …show more content…
Avoiding women’s restrictions and stereotypes was a main goal of these main three characters. A Doll’s House leaves readers grasping the concept that people control women’s liberations and societal human equality., which is the feminist theme. Society itself is the reasoning for the obstacles people encounter fighting for equality from one another. Ibsen’s play is a prime example of why expectations in life should not be systematized. Nora, Kristine Linde, and Anne-Marie each displayed feminist heroism within the play. They came to overcome their stereotyped lives and to live a life in which they, not their male counterparts, were in
Nora Helmer, in A Doll’s House, is a devoting wife and mother who cares deeply about her family and would put them before anything or anyone, even if it altered her …show more content…
Avoiding women’s restrictions and stereotypes was a main goal of these main three characters. A Doll’s House leaves readers grasping the concept that people control women’s liberations and societal human equality., which is the feminist theme. Society itself is the reasoning for the obstacles people encounter fighting for equality from one another. Ibsen’s play is a prime example of why expectations in life should not be systematized. Nora, Kristine Linde, and Anne-Marie each displayed feminist heroism within the play. They came to overcome their stereotyped lives and to live a life in which they, not their male counterparts, were in