What makes A Doll's House a monumental work? Throughout history, marriage problems have always been apparent. However, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it was not common or a

Torvald is a typical male of his time. He affectionately calls Nora his "little squirrel", which portrays the view of women as men's pets. Sadly, Torvald is probably a more tolerant and loving depiction of husbands. "After 1850 the work of most wives became increasingly distinct and separate from that of their husbands. Husbands became wage earners in factories and offices, while wives tended to stay home and manage households and care for children" (McKay, p. 808). The places of women and men were firmly set throughout society.

ppropriate for a wife to deceive her husband. Although revolutionary ideas were present in 1879 when A Doll's House was written, women were still oppressed as the subordinate sex.

The only virtuous outcome of women's fixed domesticated role was an increased estimation of family life. Although wives often contr

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