A Doll's House Play Analysis

And anyway, I’m freeing you. From everything. Complete freedom on both sides. See here’s your ring. Give me mine (The Norton Anthology of Drama, 247). The fact that Nora has the audacity to walk out on her children and husband even though it goes against nineteenth century views of women it shows the audience how Nora is a strong, powerful woman who does not need a husband to control her. The original A Doll’s House by Henrik Isben got a lot of reviews after the world premiere in Copenhagen on December 21, 1879. There were many positive reviews and negative reviews. I believe that this play made some women see that they should be treated as equal human beings to their husband. A Doll’s House production also brought to life the aspects of society that are incorrect due to sexism. As one review says, “Who after seeing this play, has the courage to speak scornfully about run-away wives? Is there anyone who does not feel that it is this young and delightful young woman’s duty, her inescapable duty, to leave this gentleman, this husband, who slowly sacrifices her on the altar of his egotism, and who fails to understand her value as a human being. His invocation of religion and morality and consideration of people’s gossip sounds, in the face of
Some theatres and cities did not allow the original script to be performed therefore the script has been changed many times over the years. In 2007 there was a production of A Doll’s House at the Edinburgh Festival. Mabou Mines Theatre Company put on this production, “In which dwarves played all the male roles to play with gender bias in Nora’s society. This radical rendition increased the ludicrousness of Torvalds’s insistence on patronizing his “poor little Nora”” (Schaefle, Production History- A Doll’s House). I believe that having dwarves play all the male roles really showed the gender bias in A Doll’s House because in 1879 women had very little rights but when this production came out in 2007 women had more rights and were looked at as equal in society to the men. I believe that Mabou Mines Theatre Company decided to use dwarves for the male roles because even though they are human beings they get treated differently than a normal looking human