A Doll’s House is written by Henrik Ibsen in the year 1898 when he was traveling from Italy, Rome and Amalfi. Ibsen used A Doll’s House as one vehicle for questioning the importance—and the tyranny—of wealth. This play comes from Ibsen’s peak of radical ideasand when they were presented. Was written originally in Ibsen’s mother tongue Norwegian . The play was highly controversial when it was first published and since then it played am important role in Victorian marriage norms. Ibsen believed that women were best suited to be mothers and wive. But at the same time, it had an eye for injustice for Torvald Helmer and his treatment towards Nora was a common problem.
Marriage as an Unequal Partnership
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The Society Values and Laws
She was not able to carry out the loan in a leagal manner , the funds which were needed to save her husbands life . she forges her father’s signature for the guarantor for the loan which she had taken . she places the love for her husband before the law . this show her moral values over the society . later on she works hard to pay the loan . for torvald , society values and laws are more important than any action done out of love , anger , jealousy , etc . nora values her loved ones before any social values or laws . This theme plays an important role in talking about the different behaviours of torvald and nora
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Among them is the idea that a person’s character or moral nature is inherited from their parents . With Dr. Rank, Ibsen continues to broach the theme of heredity and illness.Torvald already believes that a mother is fruitfully responsible for the moral character and attitude of a child . Torvald who always differentiated between everybody according by their morality which were inherited by their parents. But for Dr. Rank the case is different. Torvald honours and treats Dr. Rank as his best friend. Dr. Rank eats with the family and visits Torvald daily. Even when he suffers from a disease that is clearly caused by his father. On the other hand, Torvald directly blames the parents of Krogstad for his failure because they had failed in their life. Torvald doesn’t like how korgstad allowed Torvald to dismiss him when he has to three kids to support. Torvald doesn’t know about Dr. Rank’s genetic condition while blaming the parents for the moral failings in Krogstad. This allows him to flaunt his superiority over everyone who was a part of the