Epiphanies In A Doll's House

Living in a “programmed” society as the ones depicted in the play A Doll’s House written by Henrik Ibsen and the film Water directed by Deepa Mehta, the main characters in these two works were all trapped by their religious faith and the social conventions during that particular setting. Both works were surrounding the theme of female rights and this showed how even in different countries and time, discrimination toward the women was the same. These difficult conditions incentivise the main characters to overcome and break through these traditional barriers and experience epiphanies at the end that lead them to a separate path from their oppressive and unbearable past.

In the play A Doll’s House, the main character Nora experienced epiphany at the end of the story after she suffered from anxiety because she borrowed money from a man named Nils Krogstad, who has no blood relationship with her, to help her sicked …show more content…
Nora in A Doll’s House lived in an oppressed house and society where women were destined for housework, where rights for women are impossible to approach. She was able to go through these obstacles and realizing what she actually want by being through epiphanies. Kalyani, Narayan and Shakuntala in Water both live in the traditional culture with differnt suffering. Although their arduousness were diverse, they were all able to experiences their own epiphanies with Chuiya’s “guidance”. Both Henrik Ibsen and Deepa Mehta tried to convey the idea that “The only thing to escape an dilemma is realize the horridness and break through it on your own”. Through the epiphanies, these characters in both work were able to develop their own identity in a harsh social convention during that particular time and their values while stepping onto a fresh path with all past left