What Is The Role Of Women In The 1800's

You must submit to your husband, you must let him talk first and wait to put your input in until he has gotten settled in the house, and you must be ready for whatever his needs are; the roles of women in the 1800’s. In the play A Doll’s House author Henrik Ibsen wrote about a married couple named Nora and Torvald their relationship from the start had readers very uncomfortable and feeling emotions towards their dynamics. Nora shows that she has a secret side by going behind Torvalds back and getting a loan, in doing so forging her dad's signature which in turn puts them secretly in debt that only Nora knows about. Through the play one goes through a whirlwind of how this secret plays out in the lives of other characters and how Torvald finding out about this lie shows his other side. Nora is very submissive to Torvald and Torvald loves his doll Nora. In this play Ibsen’s writing is very rebellious for the 1800’s, by showing Nora
Through the stage directions one is able to see more in depth into what the characters are doing at any point of the play. In the opening line of A Doll’s House, Nora is “toying with his coat buttons, and without looking at him” (4). Showing how Nora is doll like, and does childish acts towards Torvald; she is toying with his buttons like a little baby messing with anything on their parents. Doing it to show how submissive she is to Torvald especially when he has something she wants or needs. Torvald also does actions portray to the reader that he feels Nora is his possession. Act one of A Doll’s House, Torvald “wagging his finger at her” (5). Through wagging his finger he puts Nora lower than him and perceives her as a child again. Torvald is doing something that shows him shaming his doll; that does everything he says. Also shows him play a game we're he can make Nora feel bad or regretful if she had done something wrong and get the truth out of