A Doll's House

In my opinion, of the three terms given for us to define, feminism suits this play best. It applies to the play only in the sense that Nora, the female figure in the play, is oppressed. Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House shows how a housewife is sent over the edge by her oppressed position. The action she takes exposes a hideous side of human nature. It takes the female character, Nora, and uses …

…the oppressive male or male characters. In more recent times people have begun to become aware of their position within society. When expectations are set for ages they become readily accepted by the successive generations and discriminatory conditions can become increasingly desperate without any notice from either sides. Eventually something terrible happens that triggers a reaction from the oppressed. They reach a limit where a warning signal flares off and retribution must then be taken.