Sometime after the publication of "A Doll's House", Henrik Ibsen
spoke at a meeting of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights. He
explained to the group, "I must decline the honor of being said to have
worked for the Women's Rights movement. I am not even very sure what
Women's Rights are. To me it has been a question of human rights" ( ).
"A Doll's House" is often interpreted by readers, teachers, and critics alike
as an attack on chauvinistic behavior and a cry for the recognition of
women's rights ( ). Instead its theme is identical to several of his plays
written around the same time period: the characters willingly exist in a
situation of untruth or inadequate truth which conceals conflict and
contradiction ( ). In "A Doll's House", Nora's independent nature is in
contradiction the tyrannical authority of Torvald. This conflict is concealed
by the way they both hide their true selves from society, each other, and
ultimately themselves. Just like......
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