Womens Role in A Doll House essays

Women's Role in A Doll House essays Throughout the history of the world in most cultures women have been considered the submissive figure. In this role the female character would commonly have the main duties of caring for the children and pleasing her husband. Henrik Ibsens A Doll House shows one of these stereotypical marriages and the eventual realization of the life that is being lead by the woman submissive, in this case, Nora. Noras realization at the end of the play is not a sudden epiphany but a long journey in which she regained her self-esteem and self worth. This essay will attempt to show that throughout the play Noras frustration had been building and that in reality, the one act of sacrifice which Nora so desperately craved from Torvald might have delayed the destruction of the marriage, but nothing could The play opens and the reader quickly can see how one would get frustrated in the environment Nora lived in. Torvald is characterized as the typical male provider, strong and respectable. Meanwhile, Nora is degraded time and time again by Torvalds language. He consistently refers to her with pet names, little featherbrain, squirrel sulking, and song bird. All of these references make Nora seem ignorant and she seems unable to think for herself as she just plays on with whatever Torvald says. The ultimate example of this is the situation with the macaroons. This personifies Nora simply as a little child being punished by a parent as Torvald forbids her from eating them and then rebukes her when he suspects that she indeed has eaten some macaroons. Then she shows the extreme lack of self-confidence associated with her character early in the book when she hides her love for macaroons from him because she is afraid of him. Early on Nora is nothing more then a helpless, thoughtless, tool which Torvald can make do what he likes. This will change as ...