A Doll House Women Essay
A Dollhouse was written by Henrik Isben, he had many themes that came out throughout the play and I think one important theme was the role of women and how they sacrifice themselves. In 1879 around Christmas time in the time of Circa the Helmer family is limited to the general values of their living era. The author represents that the women are less important to men and shows that the role of a women is to sacrifice herself. For example, Nora’s is “Obligated” to please her husband. Ibsen also uses the role of female characters to comment that even with social expectations and difficulty, that choice is essential for all human beings. This role represented by women in the play can be seen through family sacrifices, the general insult of women
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Are you serious? He’s so strict on that subject. Besides- Torvald with all his masculine pride- how painfully humiliating for him if he ever found out he was in debt to me. That would just ruin our relationship. Our beautiful, happy home would never be the same” (ACT 1. 794) Since Nora is a woman, her decision to borrow money had a result of the Jackard 3 illegal act of forgery. Ultimately, Nora had to either sacrifice her innocence or her husband. Nora chose to save her husband but sacrificed her reputation and potentially her marriage. She committed a selfless act, but because she is a woman, she’s confined to keep it to secrecy and she also becomes concerned by the payments considering she does not have a job. By the woman saving the man, the situation viewed unconventionally by society, Nora is confined and forced to keep it a secret in fear that it will ruin her husband’s reputation.
This is kind of a stupid act of Nora, but kind of good too. She knows she sacrificing her marriage and her family and she still continues to not talk to Torvald or tell him about what she’s doing, because she knows he would not approve. Woman who sacrifice their marriage or family, sometimes even both know what they’re in for and know what they’re getting to get themselves
Are you serious? He’s so strict on that subject. Besides- Torvald with all his masculine pride- how painfully humiliating for him if he ever found out he was in debt to me. That would just ruin our relationship. Our beautiful, happy home would never be the same” (ACT 1. 794) Since Nora is a woman, her decision to borrow money had a result of the Jackard 3 illegal act of forgery. Ultimately, Nora had to either sacrifice her innocence or her husband. Nora chose to save her husband but sacrificed her reputation and potentially her marriage. She committed a selfless act, but because she is a woman, she’s confined to keep it to secrecy and she also becomes concerned by the payments considering she does not have a job. By the woman saving the man, the situation viewed unconventionally by society, Nora is confined and forced to keep it a secret in fear that it will ruin her husband’s reputation.
This is kind of a stupid act of Nora, but kind of good too. She knows she sacrificing her marriage and her family and she still continues to not talk to Torvald or tell him about what she’s doing, because she knows he would not approve. Woman who sacrifice their marriage or family, sometimes even both know what they’re in for and know what they’re getting to get themselves