The path for women equality in many ways can be compared to the play The Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen. Nora, in many ways is a parallel figure for many women throughout the movement and thus makes the play a great means of reflection for the movement. Nora shows viewers where the struggle for women suffrage began, the difficulties of obtain equality and finally women confronting responsibility discover themselves and what it means to independent. Although it may not have been Ibsen’s intention to reflect the women’s rights revolution, the similarities between Nora’s character and the feminist movement are undeniable and shown throughout the introduction, development and conclusion of the play.
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In this scene, Nora is developed significantly as a dynamic character, and these changes she experiences are like those of women throughout the world during the 1900s. After Torvald forgives Nora for the loan, Nora has an epiphany. She realized that she is unaware of herself. She does not know who she is as a person, separate from a man. Since she was a child, Nora had been controlled by her father; she did whatever would make him happy, and then when she married Torvald, she acted in ways to make Torvald happy. Nora decided she must leave Torvald because she cannot be in marriage without knowing herself. Following women’s right to vote, women began to develop a similar idea. It used to be taboo for a woman to be ‘spinsters’ and not marry, but slowly it become a culture norm to wait for marriage. Women have learned that one must find their true self before committing in a relationship. They have decided that often to make the biggest impact in the world, one must first know who they are on a deeper level. Just as Nora say, “I must try and educate myself,” (act 3, pg. 67), women in history begin to feel the same way. By the time women had made progress of which Nora speaks, Ibsen had already passed away. Ibsen’s forward thinking for Nora’s character strengthened the reflection between women’s rights movements and Nora. Because feminism had not yet reached its peak during Ibsen’s time, the play may have
Henrik Ibsen was Norwegian, thus making it important …show more content…
In this scene, Nora is developed significantly as a dynamic character, and these changes she experiences are like those of women throughout the world during the 1900s. After Torvald forgives Nora for the loan, Nora has an epiphany. She realized that she is unaware of herself. She does not know who she is as a person, separate from a man. Since she was a child, Nora had been controlled by her father; she did whatever would make him happy, and then when she married Torvald, she acted in ways to make Torvald happy. Nora decided she must leave Torvald because she cannot be in marriage without knowing herself. Following women’s right to vote, women began to develop a similar idea. It used to be taboo for a woman to be ‘spinsters’ and not marry, but slowly it become a culture norm to wait for marriage. Women have learned that one must find their true self before committing in a relationship. They have decided that often to make the biggest impact in the world, one must first know who they are on a deeper level. Just as Nora say, “I must try and educate myself,” (act 3, pg. 67), women in history begin to feel the same way. By the time women had made progress of which Nora speaks, Ibsen had already passed away. Ibsen’s forward thinking for Nora’s character strengthened the reflection between women’s rights movements and Nora. Because feminism had not yet reached its peak during Ibsen’s time, the play may have