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A 5 page paper which examines how the Norwegian playwright handles the theme of social secession in his characterization of female heroine Nora Helmer. No additional sources are used.
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member of society, but only through her association with a man as father, husband, or son. At this time, all laws were made by men and for men.
Women had few legal rights and even fewer social freedoms. It was within the context of European patriarchal society that Henrik Ibsen showcased the theme of secession in his
1879 drama, A Dolls House. Ibsens female heroine, Nora Helmer, represented the disenfranchised members of Norwegian society that had no political voice and no legal recourse that would liberate
them from enforced oppression. The play introduces Nora and Torvald Helmer as a seemingly happily married couple that has been married for eight years and the parents of three children.
Torvald is a well-to-do lawyer and bank employee, clearly a respected member of society. As his wife, Nora has financial security but only as long as she remains
his wife. She is not an equal partner in the marriage because Torvald makes all decisions and demands from her total obedience and acquiescence. He talks to her
in nonsensical nursery rhymes as if she is a child incapable of understanding anything adult or remotely complex. The only member of society with fewer rights than a woman
was a child. Torvald would welcome his wife home from a shopping trip with condescending greeting like, "Is that my little lark twittering out there... Is that my squirrel
bustling about?" (Ibsen 4) Nora knows what is expected of her and plays along because she has little choice. She has always followed her fathers laws and now
she must similarly submit to her husband. If she wants money, she must ask for it as if she is a child who must beg to receive her allowance.
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