"In allowing Nora the right to satisfy her need for an identity separate from that of wife and mother, Ibsen is percieved as endorsing the growing "woman questioning". To his contemporaries, it was a frigthening prospect."
"the question of women's rights and feminist equality is an important aspect of understanding A Doll's House. Ibsen himself stated that for him the issue was more complex than just women's rights"
"Torvald views his public persona as more important than his private, he is unable to understand or appreciate the suffering of his wife. His reaction to the threat of public exposure is centered on himself....For Nora to emerge as an individual she must reject the life that society mandates. To do so, she must assume control over her life; yet in the ninteenth century, woman have no power. Power resides with the establishment, and as a banker and lawyer, Torvald clearly represents the establishment."
This essay theme is on how different Nora and Torvald is and how the nineteenth century rules restricted Nora. Torvald is very typical of the nineteenth century. Controlling, self rightious and very concerned with the public opinion of himself and his family. Nora, on the other hand, is not typical of the nineteenth century. Nora wants rights. She wants control of her life and to make the decisions and she resents her husband for restricting her so.
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