A Doll's House Women
A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian nineteenth century playwright Henrik Isben was stirring the waters in many ways with his seminal work A Doll House. He fills his play with a realism never seen before and thus many people didn't know how to react to a topic that everyone can relate to, such as the role of a women in the home. The women of A Doll House have a responsibility and personal power that was not seen any where in the 1800s. Nora, Mrs. Linde, and the nurse Anne-Marie all show an uncommon power because they realize that they have the power to help the situation around them and take the responsibility to do what they can, no matter what the sacrifices may be. At the start of the play, Nora Helmer is presented as a sweet innocent, little women who cares more for material goods then most anything else. Little by little, Nora reveals through conversations with the other characters that she is more then just the average careless giddy house wife that are audiences are used to seeing presented in the theater. To prevent the death of her newly acquired husband she takes out a loan from a …show more content…
Mrs. Linde also sacrificed the love of her life, the poverty-stricken Krogstad, to marry a financially secure man. She loses her happiness because she has a sick mother that needs tending as well as her two younger brothers need to be provided for. Though most of Mrs. Linde's situations are in contrast to Nora's (like money or work), she does share a sacrifice for her family to show the fact that women all over the world may differ, but they all have to make sacrifices for their respective families. The nurse Anne-Marie also had to sacrifice for her family, this time for her daughter. She had to leave her only child behind and move in with Nora when she was little in order to financially provide for her daughter. She gives up a happy life with the fruit of her womb in order to sustain
Norwegian nineteenth century playwright Henrik Isben was stirring the waters in many ways with his seminal work A Doll House. He fills his play with a realism never seen before and thus many people didn't know how to react to a topic that everyone can relate to, such as the role of a women in the home. The women of A Doll House have a responsibility and personal power that was not seen any where in the 1800s. Nora, Mrs. Linde, and the nurse Anne-Marie all show an uncommon power because they realize that they have the power to help the situation around them and take the responsibility to do what they can, no matter what the sacrifices may be. At the start of the play, Nora Helmer is presented as a sweet innocent, little women who cares more for material goods then most anything else. Little by little, Nora reveals through conversations with the other characters that she is more then just the average careless giddy house wife that are audiences are used to seeing presented in the theater. To prevent the death of her newly acquired husband she takes out a loan from a …show more content…
Mrs. Linde also sacrificed the love of her life, the poverty-stricken Krogstad, to marry a financially secure man. She loses her happiness because she has a sick mother that needs tending as well as her two younger brothers need to be provided for. Though most of Mrs. Linde's situations are in contrast to Nora's (like money or work), she does share a sacrifice for her family to show the fact that women all over the world may differ, but they all have to make sacrifices for their respective families. The nurse Anne-Marie also had to sacrifice for her family, this time for her daughter. She had to leave her only child behind and move in with Nora when she was little in order to financially provide for her daughter. She gives up a happy life with the fruit of her womb in order to sustain