A Doll's House: Theme Of Emancipation Of A Woman
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In reading Ibsen's A Doll's House today, one may find it hard to
imagine how daring it seemed at the time it was written one hundred years
ago. Its theme, the emancipation of a woman, makes it seem almost
contemporary.
In Act I, there are many clues that hint at the kind of marriage
Nora and Tor ....
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.... When Nora responds
by saying "Go away, Torvald! Leave me alone. I don't want all this",
Torvald asks "Aren't I your husband?". By saying this, he is implying that
one of Nora's duties as his wife is to physically pleasure him at his
command. Torvald also does not trust Nora with money, which exemplifies
Torvald's treating Nora as a child. On the rare occasion when Torvald
gives Nora some money, he is concerned that she will waste it on candy and
pastry; in modern times, this w ....
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