The role of women in society has started off in history as one that is weak and inferior in a masculine society, though the role of women has been improving as time goes on. In Henrik Ibsen’s play, A Doll’s House, Ibsen uses a unordinary, manipulative female protagonists to exploit her desires to get what she wants and eventually gain freedom. Writers before Ibsen focused primarily on male characters, but Ibsen saw women as “unpredictable; they set his literary imagination on fire” and it made his works controversial (Hardwick). During a time where women in society weren’t valued properly and lack respect for themselves, the transformation of Nora as someone with no self-respect to a woman having full control of her life in the end demonstrates a break from traditional roles and highlights feminist ideals.
Nora is a character with no self-respect due to the fact that she is demeaned throughout the play (primarily by the male characters). Torvald, her husband, is perhaps the most demeaning character in the play towards her because he is supposed to be her loving husband, but instead seems like a controlling father watching over their child. In Act I, Torvald remarks, “My wastrel is a little sweetheart, but she does go through an awful lot of money awfully fast. You’ve no idea how expensive it is …show more content…
Nora started off with no self respect due to the male characters (primarily Torvald and Krogstad) demeaning her and her intelligence and trying to control her in their own ways. Though she let others hold her as inferior to them, she had pride for herself the whole time by helping Torvald when he was sick and eventually leaving her husband and kids when she had enough of living a fake life. Nora is a great representative of feminist ideas by showing that she could handle herself, an idea that most women can relate to even
Nora is a character with no self-respect due to the fact that she is demeaned throughout the play (primarily by the male characters). Torvald, her husband, is perhaps the most demeaning character in the play towards her because he is supposed to be her loving husband, but instead seems like a controlling father watching over their child. In Act I, Torvald remarks, “My wastrel is a little sweetheart, but she does go through an awful lot of money awfully fast. You’ve no idea how expensive it is …show more content…
Nora started off with no self respect due to the male characters (primarily Torvald and Krogstad) demeaning her and her intelligence and trying to control her in their own ways. Though she let others hold her as inferior to them, she had pride for herself the whole time by helping Torvald when he was sick and eventually leaving her husband and kids when she had enough of living a fake life. Nora is a great representative of feminist ideas by showing that she could handle herself, an idea that most women can relate to even