It seems as though throughout history women have been seen as inferior to men They were considered the subordinate others Men saw it as if women werent capable of the things men do They felt that women werent capable of bringing home money deceiving others holding positions in high ranks and much more Although this may be the case because women werent socially allowed to do these things its not a path that women were forced to follow Its just became the status quo Society was built like this an
World Literature Written Commentary The passage takes place in the last act of Henrik Ibsens play Dolls House Before the passage Helmer had just discovered Noras past actions of saving Helmers life by getting a loan from Krogstad and taking Helmer to Italy When Helmer finds out about Noras action he is at first infuriated at Nora as Krogstad had threatened to ruin Helmers reputation by suing Nora However when Helmer later finds out that Krogstad is not going to sue Nora he suddenly approves of
A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen Henrik Ibsens play A Doll House suggests that the status of woman throughout the Victorian era was one of submission in which they were not given the same rights as their male counterparts During the 1800s women began to slowly become more independent for instance they were able to take on more responsibilities such as entering traditionally male dominated work forces However this change was a gradual process Just because it was becoming more acceptable for women to
At the time when Ibsen wrote his play A Dolls House it was known as the duty of a wife to stay at home look after the children and attend to her husband The main character in the play Nora is a modern woman who is denied woman power and independence Through out A Dolls House Ibsen suggests that independence is only achieved by confronting lifes lies and restrictions Nora lives life acting as Torvalds doll living in a dolls house with her husband and children Torvalds affection towards Nora is m