A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen

A Doll's House

By Henrik Ibsen

  • Release Date: 2020-01-15
  • Genre: Theater

Description

A Doll's House is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen.

The play is significant for its critical attitude toward 19th-century marriage norms. It aroused great controversy at the time of its publication, as it concludes with the protagonist, Nora, leaving her husband and children because she wants to discover herself. Ibsen was inspired by the belief that "a woman cannot be herself in modern society," since it is "an exclusively male society, with laws made by men and with prosecutors and judges who assess feminine conduct from a masculine standpoint.

The covenant of marriage was considered holy, and to portray it as Ibsen did was scandalous.

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