Deception In A Doll's House
The Deception Can Be Originated by Being Oppress, Isolated, and Deprive
In the society, there is always a difference in strength and roles for men and women. Appearing in the play of A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, of which is written with the intention of pointing out the dominant roles of men during Victorian times. According to Helmi Yusof of the "Feminist Classic A Doll's House Gets a Reboot." The Business Times, the play is known as an establishing feminist play. Due to when the play “First staged in Copenhagen in 1879, it was hugely controversial because it showed a woman abandoning her family” (Yusof). Although, Henrik Ibsen’s style of writing arouses social issues it does not stop him from using his experience and knowledge to express …show more content…
John and Torvald treats their wives like children, by being oppressing and demeaning. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” it tells how John controls his wife by not letting her decide to remove “The ugly yellow wallpaper” in her room, and he also does not allow her to write. Since writing is her great passion in life, and this is her only way to keep her focus to balances her emotions. Additionally, the husbands often refer to their wives as pets and personal property. So, when John talks with his wife he uses animal names instead of her name as he tries to comfort her. She stated, “Then he took me in his arms and called me a blessed little goose” (Gilman). This little comment can be interpreted as being belittling towards her.
Similarly, in the play “A Doll’s House” it also expresses how Torvald treats his wife Nora. First, he controls the money and only give Nora an allowance as a parent would do to their children. Second, he chooses Nora’s dresses or costumes to wear. Third, Torvald asks her to dance “The Tarantella” at the event to entertain his friends and guest. Lastly, he also refers to her as his pet, “When did my little squirrel come home?” (Ibsen). Then Nora feels like she must always try to sweet-talk him to asks favor instead of speaking to him as …show more content…
The attitudes of these people that are longing for freedom, respect and gender equality is cause of the opposition of patriarchy such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Henrik Ibsen and much more.
Works Cited
Amusan, Lere, PhD., Luqman Saka PhD., and Yusuf B. Ahmed. "Patriarchy, Religion and Women’s Political Participation in Kwara State, Nigeria." Gender & Behavior, vol. 15, no. 1, 2017, pp. 8442-8461, ProQuest Central,
Brannigan, John. “Producing the Subject: A New Historicist Reading of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wall-Paper’.” New Historicism and Cultural Materialism, 1998, pp.
“Figure 2f from: Irimia R, Gottschling M (2016) Taxonomic revision of Rochefortia Sw. (Ehretiaceae, Boraginales). Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7720.
Lutes, Jean M. "Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A Life Writ Large." Feminist Collections, vol. 33, no. 3, 2012, pp. 1-4, Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA); ProQuest Central,
Yusof, Helmi. "Feminist Classic A Doll's House Gets a Reboot." The Business Times, Jun 13, 2014, ProQuest
In the society, there is always a difference in strength and roles for men and women. Appearing in the play of A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, of which is written with the intention of pointing out the dominant roles of men during Victorian times. According to Helmi Yusof of the "Feminist Classic A Doll's House Gets a Reboot." The Business Times, the play is known as an establishing feminist play. Due to when the play “First staged in Copenhagen in 1879, it was hugely controversial because it showed a woman abandoning her family” (Yusof). Although, Henrik Ibsen’s style of writing arouses social issues it does not stop him from using his experience and knowledge to express …show more content…
John and Torvald treats their wives like children, by being oppressing and demeaning. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” it tells how John controls his wife by not letting her decide to remove “The ugly yellow wallpaper” in her room, and he also does not allow her to write. Since writing is her great passion in life, and this is her only way to keep her focus to balances her emotions. Additionally, the husbands often refer to their wives as pets and personal property. So, when John talks with his wife he uses animal names instead of her name as he tries to comfort her. She stated, “Then he took me in his arms and called me a blessed little goose” (Gilman). This little comment can be interpreted as being belittling towards her.
Similarly, in the play “A Doll’s House” it also expresses how Torvald treats his wife Nora. First, he controls the money and only give Nora an allowance as a parent would do to their children. Second, he chooses Nora’s dresses or costumes to wear. Third, Torvald asks her to dance “The Tarantella” at the event to entertain his friends and guest. Lastly, he also refers to her as his pet, “When did my little squirrel come home?” (Ibsen). Then Nora feels like she must always try to sweet-talk him to asks favor instead of speaking to him as …show more content…
The attitudes of these people that are longing for freedom, respect and gender equality is cause of the opposition of patriarchy such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Henrik Ibsen and much more.
Works Cited
Amusan, Lere, PhD., Luqman Saka PhD., and Yusuf B. Ahmed. "Patriarchy, Religion and Women’s Political Participation in Kwara State, Nigeria." Gender & Behavior, vol. 15, no. 1, 2017, pp. 8442-8461, ProQuest Central,
Brannigan, John. “Producing the Subject: A New Historicist Reading of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wall-Paper’.” New Historicism and Cultural Materialism, 1998, pp.
“Figure 2f from: Irimia R, Gottschling M (2016) Taxonomic revision of Rochefortia Sw. (Ehretiaceae, Boraginales). Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7720.
Lutes, Jean M. "Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A Life Writ Large." Feminist Collections, vol. 33, no. 3, 2012, pp. 1-4, Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA); ProQuest Central,
Yusof, Helmi. "Feminist Classic A Doll's House Gets a Reboot." The Business Times, Jun 13, 2014, ProQuest