Theme Of Gender In A Doll's House

Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House, a drama written in the midst 1879, middle-class, he boldly depicts a female character. It is believed that the play “A Doll's House” was written based on his events in that happened in his life. This characters in the play show the importance of what social class and gender norms in the late 19th century was in Norway. The play portrays many gender norms throughout the play as soon as someone starts to read it they get the feeling that this play has some gender norms to it. In the play, the male characters had different stereotypes between the female characters. Ibsen was writing during a time when women were treated as slaves and this causes many gender roles. In Ibsen’s “A Doll's House” Ibsen’s paints a …show more content…
Torvald can be clearly seen. The play “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen portrays this role drastically, especially in the first act. The way Torvald Helmer treats his wife and how Nora Treats Torvald. In the story, it is obvious from the very beginning of the play that Torvald holds all of the power of the house. There are many quotes throughout the play that catches many people's attention and helps them figure out that there is different gender roles. The first quote is when Helmer is talking his wife Nora. He says “ "Is it my little squirrel bustling about?" (Ibsen). Often Torvald in the play he does not refer to his wife as Nora but instead uses pet names when speaking to her which can cause many gender stereotypes. In the story “A Doll's House” Helmer and Nora play a big role in the play. In this quote he is constantly referring to Nora with pet names, Helmer seems to make his wife less mostly throughout the play. Torvald treats Nora as his little doll, which is by doing what is suppose to do. While Nora treats him as the man of the house Torvald has the right to do anything he wants. These ideas start to form because the play does not allow much freedom of the characters like Nora. Torvald calls Nora by little names such as “my little wastrel” or “my little squirrel.” Nora does not reply or deny him because in this time of era, a woman had to listen to her husband no matter what, its what a women had to do. She was treated badly throughout the play. This calling names of his also give us the idea that the worth of Nora his wife is not important to him because he keeps calling her names. This can relate back to on how women were treated during the 19th century. They had to follow what their husbands would tell them, they basically had to do what they were