Flaws in society evident in Henrik Ibsen's, A Doll's House
"A Doll's House…exploded like a bomb into contemporary life…ending not in reconciliation but in inexorable calamity. It pronounced a death sentence on accepted social ethics." What are the targets of Ibsen's criticism and what techniques does he use to expose the flaws in contemporary Norwegian society?"For whatever one's opinion of A Doll's House as a play may be, there can be no question of it's startling unconventionality." ('Flashes from the Footlights' Licensed Victuallers' Mirror, June 1889 ). Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, was unconventional in its themes and in the way in which they were presented. Ibsen questioned contemporary Norwegian society's conventional male and female roles, the morals of marriage and challenged all human beings, particularly females, to strive to be one's self and to be responsible for themselves. The tragedy he wrote also had technical originality. The characters were ordinary people, who spoke simple, everyday language and the play was a first in that it didn’t have the traditional theatrical happy ending. It can be understood that this 1879 drama was excessively criticised by its audience. At the time the play was produced, Norwegian society was undergoing social and political reform. Throu
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Approximate Word count = 1443
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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