A Doll’s House is a very controversial act written by Henrik Ibsen in the 1800s. A Doll’s House exposes many social concerns during that time. The play deals with issues of women rights and marital expectations. A Doll’s House is a perfect example for a feminist work. A Doll’s House is about a woman, Nora Helmer, who seeks help from her husband after she has spent all the family money.
She promises to repay the debt with her own money but soon finds out that her own money had already been borrowed by Krogstad, the loan officer of the bank where her father worked. Nora has been married only one month and her love for her husband is very strong. She needs his help to repay the debt, which she did not know about until the last minute. A Doll’s House takes place in a small town outside of Kristiana, Norway.
A Doll’s House came from Henrik Ibsen’s experiences being a father and going through problems with family values. A Doll’s House also deals with early feminism ideas during that time period in Europe, mainly Scandinavia. In other words, A Doll’s House was written by Henrik Ibsen as a vehicle to express social concerns during that time, while at the same time writing about marital expectations and women rights.
She would have to make a lot of money for herself and maybe support her children, if she even had custody because the law states that children must be raised by their father. A woman would not get nearly as much money as a man, so she may never win custody because of that reason either. Women were not allowed to vote or any other rights that men had and still do today. Nora could’ve considered what was best for her children and found a way to work around things instead of just running away from them all together.
She should really think about what she does in life before acting on it, especially since it involves your spouse and children too. Ibsen’s A Doll’s House is very controversial as Henrik Ibsen, the author and playwright of A Doll’s House shows us how men and women were treated during that time. A Doll’s House takes place in Norway at Torvald and Nora Helmer’s house. The story gets started as Torvald is celebrating his birthday with their three children. A bad storm starts outside as they continue to celebrate inside.
During the beginning of A Doll House, Ibsen gives you a sense on what was going on through his character’s dialogue because it immediately jumps into conversation from one to another without giving a back story or any background information about them or their family. A couple hours later the course of A Doll’s House takes a turn for the worse when Nora comes back from a trip. Nora, without thinking of how A Doll’s House would affect Torvald, tells him that she forged his name on a loan for Krogstad (a man who has been trying to pass off as her best friend).
A Doll’s House is very controversial because it shows the equality between men and women at this time. A Doll’s House also shows us how people were treated during that era. Ibsen’s A Doll’s House is very controversial because instead of Nora standing up for herself she runs away from everything causing more problems than solving them. A woman in 19th century Norway would not be able to take care of herself let alone support children on her own so again if she was even allowed custody of her children.
A woman in the 1800s was considered property of her husband and they were expected to stay in their marriage no matter what, A Doll’s House shows that not many people lived up to these expectations and married life in general. A Doll’s House is also very controversial because in A Doll’s House Henrik Ibsen made Nora leave her family when she should have thought about how leaving would affect everyone involved instead of just herself.
It was not until after she had Christine that she realized that Torvald wasn’t the perfect husband. Nora waited for Mr. Krogstad to come the next day but he never showed up, so Nora calls him and leaves a message on his phone machine. A few days later she gets called into her bosses office, where her boss wanted to talk about something very important with her. A few days later at dinner Nora tells Torvald (her husband) about what happened in Mr.
Ekdahl’s office, when Torvald gets up all of sudden and tells Nora that there is no paper work that needed filing; then he goes down stairs to get drinks without saying anything else. A little while later Torvald comes back up stairs and tells Nora that he got a letter from Mr. Krogstad and that A Doll’s House is going to be performed. A few days later Nora’s friend come over and they talk about A Doll’s house, one of the women ask what A Doll’s House is about and Nora says… It’s a play about a doll who becomes alive. ” (Page 34)
This would be compared to the quote: “A dollhouse with its tiny inhabitants was everything; those within it nothing. ” (Page 34-35). This shows how similar A Doll’s House was like Nora’s life as Mrs. Helmer. A doll had no need for intelligence or education, a doll was there to be carried around and have fun. A doll had nothing to worry about except being liked. A Doll’s house was the whole world for the women who were in it.
They hardly ever left their mansion that they lived in, just as Nora never really got a chance to leave her family home until she married Mr. Helmer. Nora has been wasting money on parties and other stuff all of her life, so she figures why not ask Torvald if he will lend her some money until after A Doll’s House is performed, Then she can pay him back with what ever money she makes from the play. A few days later Nora goes into and talks to Krogstad and he tells her that Torvald isn’t going to help A Doll’s House, but A Doll’s House is still going to be performed.
A few days later at dinner, Nora ask Torvald for a loan of 3,000 Kroner so she can go on a trip with the kids for a week or two after A Doll’s house is performed. A few days later when Torvald gets home from work he asks Nora if A Doll’s House has been canceled yet, and she says no it hasn’t been canceled yet. This causes him to get up all of the sudden and leaveing without saying anything else, then comes back in 5 minutes or so and tells that A Doll’s House has been canceled.
A few days later Krogstad comes to see Nora and tells her that A Doll’s House is going to be performed the next day at three o’clock. A few days later at dinner Torvald asks if A Doll’s House is ready for tomorrow, and Nora says yes it is, he congratulates her on how good A Doll’s House will be once it gets performed. A few days late when they get home from a party Takle (a friend of theirs) leaves them a message saying that A Doll’s House was a huge success and it got put up again at Mr. Ekdahl’s theater for another two nights after the weekend.
