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A 3 page paper which examines literary elements in Act II of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. No additional sources cited.
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3 pages (~225 words per page)
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who were outraged at this play, wondering why a woman would ever leave her family and her children. It is a play about a woman coming to know herself and
realizing she must escape her husband and family in order to be true to herself and her search for an identity and this was a condition not accepted or understood
at the time of its writing. It was written towards the end of the 19th century, a time when women were seen only as wives and mothers, or prostitutes or
servants. As such, this play presented conditions that were not understood or accepted by the society at the time. With that in mind the following paper examines the significance of
Act II in Ibsens play as it involves setting, character, type of play, theme, and plot. Act II: A Dolls House In Act I of this play the
story essentially sets the stage for understanding the characters and the story that will unfold. The reader/viewer is presented with Torvald, the husband, who is relatively successful and very male
oriented in terms of his shallow nature and what he expects of his wife, Nora. He treats Nora as a child, as his doll, a woman to beautify his home
and his life. He does not allow, or expect her to be anything more. He berates her like a child for spending money and for eating cookies. In short, he
sees her only as a doll that makes his life perfect and pretty. Nora seems to accept this and the reader/viewer, in the beginning simply believes this is who she
is. But as the story evolves, with Torvald evolving not at all, Nora obviously begins thinking and acting, acting for the sake of her husband in ways only men should
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