The play “A Doll House” has been under the debate for quite some years. Ibsen’s uses a special way to tell his stories; he uses very complex dialogue. One of the debates in the play is whether the perspective is that of a feminist or not. The perspective used in “ A Doll House is almost of a feminist perspective, but not completely, the author throws in the points that it is much of self identity. The women of “ A Doll House often speak their opinions, just as much as the men of the play, they don’t have the same power to determine their own future without the help of the men. In the articles it has been said that Nora plays two identities, she plays the feminist role and the role waiting to lead her own self. “The conception of Nora have also
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When Nora leaves her husband it may be based on the idea of feminism, however her absence in the lives of her children is based on her fear that she is not the right example to be setting for them. She fears this because in a conversation in Act 1 it is said, “with the children, Nora – that’s where it’s most horrible.” (Meyer 1269). Nora also responds to that by saying “Are you sure of that? Why just – the mother?” (Meyer 1269). Nora does not want her children to grow up in the same mindset that she did. She wants her children to be able to realize their own self worth much sooner in their …show more content…
It can be said that the argument is human rights and self-identity. In the play Nora went from a demanding father to a demanding husband. There are many points that could be taken as feminism in Ibsen’s play. Mainly the way that Torvald speaks to Nora, the names he calls her and the way he treats her based on the fact that she is a woman. Also the fact he will not have serious conversation because she simply wouldn’t understand. Nora transforms during the play into somewhat what she wanted to be and to have her role in life by herself, she leaves her children while doing so. Through everything in the play it is still a battle between feminism and purely wanting to find herself. “Nora changes from a “female woman” to a “male woman” to a “king human” the question is in either case how her transformation should be understood, and how a supposed transformation is reflected in the text” (Rekdal
When Nora leaves her husband it may be based on the idea of feminism, however her absence in the lives of her children is based on her fear that she is not the right example to be setting for them. She fears this because in a conversation in Act 1 it is said, “with the children, Nora – that’s where it’s most horrible.” (Meyer 1269). Nora also responds to that by saying “Are you sure of that? Why just – the mother?” (Meyer 1269). Nora does not want her children to grow up in the same mindset that she did. She wants her children to be able to realize their own self worth much sooner in their …show more content…
It can be said that the argument is human rights and self-identity. In the play Nora went from a demanding father to a demanding husband. There are many points that could be taken as feminism in Ibsen’s play. Mainly the way that Torvald speaks to Nora, the names he calls her and the way he treats her based on the fact that she is a woman. Also the fact he will not have serious conversation because she simply wouldn’t understand. Nora transforms during the play into somewhat what she wanted to be and to have her role in life by herself, she leaves her children while doing so. Through everything in the play it is still a battle between feminism and purely wanting to find herself. “Nora changes from a “female woman” to a “male woman” to a “king human” the question is in either case how her transformation should be understood, and how a supposed transformation is reflected in the text” (Rekdal