How Does Ibsen Present Women In The Victorian Era

Victorian Era to Present

Back when Queen Victoria was in rule, the role of women was shaped very precisely to certain etiquette margins and women had set duties and boundaries that had to be met according to their father or husband. It was never according to the women herself, but more like any male figure closest to her. Women had little say and these boundaries honestly gave no social or economic rights to women because they had to abide by the father's rule, or if married, the husband's rules. The social and economic differences in women in the play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and women in today's society affect the way people think and react towards one another because of their financial statuses, fame, and even their acquaintances.

To start off with, the upper class in the Victorian era was said to include the Aristocrats, Nobles, Dukes, other wealthy families working in the Victorian courts, according to

There was no choice of no marriage because women were believed as incompetent without a male by her side. Women today can stay single or have a family and still be considered in the middle class. In a Pew research study done by Richard Fry and Rakesh Kochhar, it states, "51% of adults lived in middle-income households, 29% in lower-income households and 20% in upper-income households." which emphasizes how the middle class is the biggest of all of the other classifications in today's society so it is board horizon to be considered middle class. The big difference in women then and now is that today there is no specific classification because every individual is different. Back in the Victorian era, women had one choice to either abide by the rules or get kicked out from the family arrangements and be seen as an outcast by