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Struggle For Self-Identity And Respect In The 1800's

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A Women’s Struggle for Self-Identity and Respect in the 1800’s While the Elizabethan Age period was marked by religious skirmishes in the battle field between Protestants and Catholics across the European continent. The Renaissance period would be remarkably remembered for ushering several changes that would affect the social lifestyle of many inhabitants. In particularly, the ancient arts of drama would experience a revival in the perception of the characterization of the individual. As well as the heightened and intense uniqueness of the spoken English language. Up to this point, most theater dramas were crowded with several plots sprawling throughout the acts. Against this historical background, a young and enthusiastic young man by the …show more content…

Men and women were treated differently and each one had expected roles within the established rules of order. Societal constraints required all to have benefits, advantages and disadvantages. Ibsen challenged societal views when it came the role of the male and female perception in the family structure. Many of the theaters were funded by government subsidies or loans. After moving to Oslo as an artistic director of the National Theater, Ibsen drew on those experiences that gave him a foundation in the craft he would chose as a profession. However, Ibsen experienced a financial setback when his own theater failed and the government he would trust for a grant failed to provide him a secured …show more content…

Ibsen initially portrayed Nora as being a less than fully mentally developed adult women with childish behaviors. But as the story continued and the plot thickened, Nora Helmer, was in complete control what her reality was around her. Ibsen clearly identifies Nora early in the story of the typical women of her era who was not supposed to be anything but a women that followed what society demanded of her. However, Nora had different expectations and acted on those personally viewed expectations when she needed to. While Nora played the role of a helpless, dependent spouse to her husband, submissive wife to her friend Kristine, Nora by no far stretch of the imagination was what they all perceived her to be. Nora in essence was a young, strong and maturing women that who was going to get in conflict with social norms for her

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When I was at home with papa he called me his doll-child and played with me just as I used to play with my dolls, I mean that I was simply transferred from papa’s hands into yours” Nora was shaped into acting and behaving as a “perfect” doll that has nothing to offer besides her beauty. In the play A doll 's house by Henrik Ibsen and the play Fences by August Wilson as soon as the first page stereotypes and gender roles are projected as a normal everyday living. As the play gradually moves forward Nora and Rose start becoming their own person letting go of all the gender roles and stereotypes. In the play A Doll 's House Nora expressed her feelings to Helmer “ When I lived at home with Papa, he used to tell me his opinion about everything, and so I had the same opinion.

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