Henrik Ibsen’s play, “A Doll House”, shows the importance of unequal gender
roles in the late 1800’s during the Victorian Era. Initially, I thought the play was
written to reveal the double standards women had to face in the earlier years.
However, after the interactive oral, my views have changed. It led me to understand
that, instead of showing how men were seen as superior in the 19th century, the play
was about society’s moral standards.
During our interactive oral, we discussed multiple ideas from how society’s
views differ from each time period to how the significance of doors portray a huge
role in the play. In the time period of “A Doll House”, it appears that Torvald chooses
to respect the values of society over…