The Wave of New Women
In Ibsen's play "A Doll's House" today, one may find it hard to imagine how daring it seemed at the time. Its theme, the emancipation of a woman, makes it seem almost contemporary. Written during the Victorian era, the controversial play featuring a woman seeking individuality caused more trouble than any of Ibsen's other works. This play portrayed the role of women as the comforter, helper, and supporter of man, "A Doll's House" introduced woman as having her own purposes and goals in life that they would like to accomplish. Nora Helmer, the helpless wife, slowly changes through the play and eventually realizes that she must stop being her husband's "doll" and become an individual. Although Nora's relationship with her husband was to be expected during the time it was written, there were many clues that set off at the kind of marriage Nora and Torvald had. Throughout the play it was obvious that Torvald did love Nora, but only how a person would love a prized possession. She relied on him for everything, from movements to thoughts, much like a puppet who is dependent on its puppet master for all of its actions. He enjoyed how everything was perfect, how he could do anything with her and loved having his perfect wife in his p
Even when Nora pleaded to Torvald for insisting on firing the man, he insisted so because of the fear of what the employees might think or say. Females were confined in every way imaginable. Although women have been accepted and treated as being equal to men, there are still people in modern America who are doing their best to suppress the feminist revolution. The situation in "A Doll's House" was not just with Torvald, but also with the entire Victorian society. He feels that he is the only one in the household capable of making decisions, no matter how small they are, and Nora does everything to satisfy him, even though she knows this is not true. After the dance lesson, he states "When I saw you turn and sway in the tarantella--my blood was pounding till I couldn't stand it" showing how he is more interested in Nora physically than emotionally. Nora's duties as his wife, in general, are restricted to caring for the children, doing housework, and working on her needlepoint. Every time that Torvald controlled what Nora did and called her belittling pet names such as, "My sweet little song bird" or "my little squirrel. " An example of today's stereotypical man would be Torvald, who is only interested in his appearance to the community and the amount of control he has over a person, and does not care about the feelings of others. This is obviously an act, and it shows how much of a "doll" to Torvald she is. suppose it were to get about that the new Manager had let himself be influenced by his wife. She makes Torvald think he is much smarter and stronger than he actually is.
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