A Doll’s House
4/28/05
In reading Ibsen\'s A Doll\'s House today, one may find it hard to imagine how daring it seemed at the time it was written one hundred years ago. Things like work, politics, and decisions where left to the males. Women were denied participation in public life, their access to education was limited, their social lives were narrowly circumscribed, and they could not legally transact business or own property. Women were supposed to play a role in which they supported their husbands, took care of their children, and made sure everything was perfect around the house. Nora serves as a symbol for women of the time; women who were thought to be content with the luxuries of modern society with no thought or care of the world in which they lived. When Nora finally slams the door and
leaves, she is not only slamming it on Torvald, but also on everything else that has happened in her past which has enabled her to grow into a mature woman. Her desire to go out......
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