Title: A Dolls House Category:Literature / English Details: Words: 3131 | Pages: 13.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
A Dolls House
A Doll's House
By: Allison
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Today a reader might find it hard to imagine how daring Nora Helmer was a hundred years ago. The theme of women’s liberation makes this story seem almost contemporary. This was considered a controversial play featuring a woman seeking individuality. “A Doll’s House” was the play that made Ibsen world famous. It was written well ahead of its time. In Ibsen’s time it was considered an outrage for a woman such as Nora …showed first 85 words of 3131 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 3131 total…secrets, even though she changed her mind. Nora was a character that stood for women’s freedom. She showed the women of her time that they should be able to share their thoughts and opinions. She slams the door of her doll house to show that she was putting away childish things and taking her rightful place in the adult world. As soon as she slams the door Torvald realizes what true love and equality are. He realizes that he never had that with Nora.
