Nora's Independence in A Doll's House

             The play, A Doll's House, written by Henrik Ibsen in 1879, is considered a 
             landmark in drama for its portrayal of realistic people, places, and situations. Ibsen 
             confines his story to the middle class. He writes of a society that is limited not only by its means of livelihood but also its outlook. Ibsen portrays his characters  
             as preoccupied with work and money, showing a reduction of values and a lack of quality persons with morals. Ibsen takes this realistic story and invests it with 
             universal significance. Wrapped up in the technique of this well-constructed play, Ibsen is masterful in his presentation of not only realism, but he holds a mirror up 
             to the society of his day by using the male figures as catalysts for Nora's ultimate 
             knowledge of self-actualization. He accomplishes this with such precision
             that the audience might not be aware all the subtleties that are creating their
             In A Doll's House, Nora forges the name of her father and risks damaging her 
             husband's good name.  Henrik Ibsen offers remarkable insight into the nineteenth-century preoccupation with the family and the role of the father, and what role is projected upon those who are subjugated to him. This play takes up the subject of 
             strong women and weak men within the plot. A prominent theme within this drama 
             is the deterioration of the male, who is aware of his role as a "father figure". This decomposition is observed by the female protagonist (Nora). It is this descent that the role of the father figure is shaped, while creating the catalyst for the catharsis
             or change in Nora.   When the female protagonist challenges patriarchal authority, she does so 
             by undermining in one form or another both the dominant mal...

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