The 19th Century was a decisive period for human rights, but also for women’s rights. In A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen, the protagonist Nora is the typical Angel in the House, submissive to her husband, Torvald. Nora decides to ostracize herself from the society she’s always been a part of by leaving her children and her husband in search of a new life. The author, however, doesn’t ever address the events that happen after her exit, which leaves the reader with an ambiguous ending. The ending’s purpose is to have a rupture between Nora’s past and future, but still being realistic and showing that there are hopes for a return.
Nora has always been treated like a doll, by both her father and husband. She is responsible for the duties of the household and (keeping) her husband’s happiness, even though she is miserable. Their marriage is sustained by appearances. To Torvald, Nora’s figure is only an accessory to his public life. It was the standard in the society and time she lived in, the husband's fathers were there to protect and provide, they were the heroes writing the story. Nora realizes that she …show more content…
Over the course of the play, Nora faces challenges, not only, to her sense of self, but to her actions, whether moral, loving and criminal. So, he ambiguous ending helps in the idea of a new creation; it ties in all of the suffering of Nora throughout the play. She takes back her life, and now she has the power to decide what she wants to do with it. So, in a sense, it justifies Nora’s actions, by showing that she is in control. Nobody has done this in Nora’s life; she is stepping into the unknown, that is why it is ambiguous and open, its a new trail, a trail that has never been seen. To, society, Nora has become a public use; she isn’t “owned” by her husband anymore, she is stepping out of the shadow of the proper
Nora has always been treated like a doll, by both her father and husband. She is responsible for the duties of the household and (keeping) her husband’s happiness, even though she is miserable. Their marriage is sustained by appearances. To Torvald, Nora’s figure is only an accessory to his public life. It was the standard in the society and time she lived in, the husband's fathers were there to protect and provide, they were the heroes writing the story. Nora realizes that she …show more content…
Over the course of the play, Nora faces challenges, not only, to her sense of self, but to her actions, whether moral, loving and criminal. So, he ambiguous ending helps in the idea of a new creation; it ties in all of the suffering of Nora throughout the play. She takes back her life, and now she has the power to decide what she wants to do with it. So, in a sense, it justifies Nora’s actions, by showing that she is in control. Nobody has done this in Nora’s life; she is stepping into the unknown, that is why it is ambiguous and open, its a new trail, a trail that has never been seen. To, society, Nora has become a public use; she isn’t “owned” by her husband anymore, she is stepping out of the shadow of the proper