Essays on A Doll's House

 “We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes”, Paul Dunbar. The masks we wear come in various moulds ranging in different emotions from good to bad. In our life, there will come a time, when we must…

A society in which a woman is equal to a man is not a foreign concept in today’s world; however, this was not the case in the time of A Doll’s House author Henrik Ibsen. In this realist drama, Ibsen examines a woman’s struggle for…

A Doll’s House is one of Henrik Ibsen’s most famous plays as it was a significant addition to feminist literature. As an individual, Ibsen never clearly declared he was a feminist, but this play proves otherwise, through the development of the main protagonist, Nora Helmer….

“Eveline” a short story in “Dubliners” by James Joyce published in 1914, and “A Doll’s House” is a play by Henrick Ibsen, published in 1879, two separate texts written by two different writers of two different countries, interestingly exhibit almost the same way of the…

Ibsen Henrik makes extensive use of symbolism throughout his play “A Doll’s House”, written in 1879. It is a very realistic and naturalistic drama consisting of three acts remaining one of the most striking depictions of the Victorian era gender roles. More specifically, women at…

Nora is the main character in the play A Doll’s House as well as its overall sense of inability and its decisions that seem to be bold at the first notice but become more logical when context and culture are properly considered, making her a…

Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House focuses on a Norwegian middle-class family whose very survival is threatened by long-held secrets revolving around family dynamics. The characters portray the complexities underlying the relationships between men and women. Some aspects of the play mirror certain elements in Susan…

Overtime, the role of the woman has changed significantly and has allowed for many more opportunities for them. Men have always been seen as more powerful and dominant over women however, women have developed the abilities and strengths to prove that they are capable of…

In Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, both playwrights have shed light on the struggles women face to establish their place in the patriarchal society. While in A Doll’s House women finally triumph over patriarchy, in A Streetcar Named Desire, they…

“A Doll’s House” is one of my favorite novels. Unlike other articles and books I have recently read, the theme of the story makes me think more deeply about gender issues, because this theme is still intimately linked to modern society. Although some of the…

Historical Background A Doll’s House was published in Norway in 1879. The play caused an immediate sensation and sparked debate and controversy. It was highly provoking: People tended to respond strongly to it whether in praise or censure. The play has less shock value today,…

The premiere of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House in 1879 ended with the shutting of a door but started a passionate debate about that controversial action. Ibsen crafted an exposition of the social, economic, and psychological conflicts faced by the women of his time, through…

Before the women’s suffrage and women’s rights movement, women were taught to act like dolls, which is portrayed in the first and second act of “A Doll’s House”. Many women weren’t educated well and their only duties were taking care of the children, the house,…

A Doll’s House is a controversial play penned by Henrick Ibsen and published in 1979. It features Nora Helmer who leads a superficial life and appears to be a delicate, helpless and silly woman to her chauvinistic husband, Torvalds Helmer. In reality, she is an…

In the culture of the late-nineteenth-century, men and women were viewed as having strict gender-specific roles in everyday life. Most noticeably, men were supposed to be strong bread-winners of a typical household, whereas women were significantly more dainty and expected to be homemakers. The play…