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This 4 page paper discusses the social conventions, marriage and opportunities (or lack thereof) for individual growth as explored by Ibsen in his play “A Doll’s House.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Individual Growth, Marriage and Social Convention in "A Dolls House"
Research Compiled by K. Von Huben 6/2010 Please Introduction Henrik Ibsens play A Dolls House shocked
audiences when it first appeared with its depiction of a woman who refused to live by societys "rules." This paper discusses the way in which Ibsen illustrates individual growth, marriage
and social convention, and how he develops the ideas and related them to each other. Discussion The relationship among these factors is not terribly complex; rather the world of
the play shows us how two of these idea-marriage and social convention-combine to stifle individual growth. Of course the person whose life is on "hold" is Nora, the protagonist of
the play. A woman of her time was supposed to get married, have children and then live her life for her husband and family; she was not expected to develop
an identity of her own, nor was it recognized that not all women were cut out for this type of life. Of course, this is the model that still exists
today: women are first and foremost supposed to be wives and mothers, and society is still suspicious of those who choose a career instead of family, who never marry, or
who get married but have no children. There are still a number of "rules" for what women can and cannot do, which is disheartening given how long ago this play
was written. At any rate, the three facets work together to define Nora even as they restrict her. But she manages to break free of them, and the key to
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