Societal Inequality In A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen

Societal norms has been a struggle for many countries and has affected many families even in today's date,. In the play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, societal norms is shown between the main character Nora as well as her ‘loving’ husband Torvald. Nora in this play comes off as a childish character who cannot take care of her own self; Torvald on the other hand is the leader of this relationship demonstrating his power through his strictness. In 19th century Norway, societal norms and the lack of equality in them were a main focus within 19th century Norway drama. In the play A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen uses gender roles, imagery, and symbolism to focus on the issues of 19th century Norway in order to captivate the reader’s about the inequality …show more content…
In 19th century Norway there is a clear understanding of which role the male and female should take and how it is difficult to get out of such a pattern; while Nora got out of this relationship with Torvald it struck the female audience and helped them realize how their lives are and how they have been treated as though they are the smaller person. In this play Ibsen makes it clear about the hardships women face with their daily lives and how complicated it is to be true to oneself; Ibsen might be challenging the idea to the females of the audience to break out of their society's norms and to be true to themselves. This drama is still true to today’s date seeing as how certain families are raised to believe that it is the man's job to lead a relationship and guide his children to grow up the same way often creating difficult times within a family and plenty of arguments. Ibsen might tell these families that it is okay to be yourself, and if other people in one’s family does not agree with being an individual then one can break off from the toxicity, just like Nora