A Dolls House
In the victorian Era women were supposed to stay at home, take care of their children, and make sure their husbands every need was met. Society's attitude towards woman was that they should be dominated by a male figure. Decisions were made by the males and females did not argue. In the play,“ A Doll's House” by Henrik Ibsen, Nora’s secession from society is the central theme. The play created a lot of contervirsity because it had a feamle protagonist trying to strive for independence. Nora does not follow the social standards of her time as she attempts “...to try to discover who is right, society or [her] (page 964).” With good intentions, Nora brakes the law and decides to forage her fathers signature so she can borrow money to pay for her husband’s medical treatment. She separates herself from the role society has placed her in because she was not suposed to make the decisions and she was definatly not suposed to dis-honour her husband by breaking the law. She leads Helmer to believe that “ [she could] never get anywhere without [his] help (page 919)” yet she leaves him. Her decision went against the actions a woman and a wife “should have” by society. Her d
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Approximate Word count = 795
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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