Feminism and Gender Inequality A Doll s House by Henrik Ibsen was published in 1879. This of age play focuses more on anxieties of bourgeoisie women in Norway. The dominant theme in this pay by Henrik Ibsen is feminism (Curtin 2015).Schools of thought and Marxist are traces that can be examined from the play. Moreover, the main focus will be on the theme of feminism that this play brings out clearly (Abbas & Sarab 2012).More so, the feminist school of thought initiated ideas through exposing masculine stereotypes and examining more a woman s role in a society. It is difficult for women to prosper in a society dominated by men (Baseer, Sofia & Fareha 2013). Therefore, this paper seeks to evaluate women historical background and further criticizing sexist norms and values. Feminism as a theme is seen from Nora Helmer unique character in A Dolls Play. The many female writers try to argue out the position women play in a society (Curtin 2015). Furthermore, Nora s husband views her as a squirrel, a songbird whose thought are like those of any woman in a society (Abbas & SarabNora s father refers her to as other showing that she in not valuable in the society. More so, Nora s husband possessed her as his won and of value. Nevertheless, Nora takes every negative opinion to build herself up the ladder in a society which men dominate (Baseer, Sofia & Fareha 2013). Moreover, the way Nora s Dad and husband treats her makes her feel like living a beggar s life. Gender inequality in patriarchal society takes a center stage in the play. Mary Wollstonecraft argues on her essay about Ibsen s perception on a woman as weak and docile. Mary s essay brings in a clear value of a woman and their rights. She further argues that woman is taught to be soft tempered and obedience (Curtin 2015). Moreover, Mary continues to argue that will be able to secure a woman conduct by reducing her to a childhood state. Torvald s treats Nora as a kid by asking her to dance for him and even warns her not to eat macaroons. More so, Nora s husband treats her as a sexual object (Abbas & SarabThe pretense is what Torvalds like, he tries to treat Nora as queen and newly wedded wife in public but it does not reflect their true living (Baseer, Sofia & Fareha 2013).Torvalds s possessiveness is seen when Torvalds does not want Nora to have any female friends like Mrs. Linde. Moreover, Nora faces the effects of cultural life. Nora s sense of living comes toward the end of the play. Nora realizes that she needs to redeem herself by regaining her status after a long period of submission (Curtin 2015). Simone de Beauvoir tries to expound of Nora s experiences. He says that Nora has never been taught how to be independent rather than accepting things from the husband and her dad (Abbas & Sarab 2012).On the contrary, Nora really loved her husband and this is seen when the husband falls sick and she is fully there for her husband and supports him all through to his wellbeing. At some point, the feeling of neglect almost made Nora commit suicide. Nora sacrificed a lot for her husband but the treatment she received from her husband demoralized her (Baseer, Sofia & Fareha 2013). She never saw any need to be part of the family and even felt like isolation herself from her kids. A doll is used to refer to Nora is a use of Symbolism in the play. Nora felt that her she is not special by being referred to as the Other by her father. Nora s life was more of a puppet, she never made her own decisions and her opinions were never take seriously (Curtin 2015).It is a moment when Nora realizes that her husband values her job and reputation more than their love. This makes Nora feel not loved by the husband, which in turn turns to depression. For the eight years of their living, Nora s husband does not look at the sacrifices that Nora made for him and moves on to refer to her as a hypocrite and liar (Abbas & SarabThis torments Nora and reality hits her at last. Nora feels that she needs change and structure her life for the better. Feminism comes out clearly as a theme since the men do not value woman and treat them as an object, doll (Baseer, Sofia & Fareha 2013). To conclude, A Doll s house exposes the defects of patriarchal society. The play is a clear reflection of a woman suffering in a society dominated by men. The voice of reason comes from men and women are just fed with opinions and decisions (Curtin 2015). Moreover, women are snot enjoying their rights and men are taking advantage of this by controlling their life (Abbas & Sarab 2012).Nora is not appreciated at all and her husband Torvalds feels that his job and reputation is more important than her love, Nora. More so, Torvalds refers to Nora as a hypocrite and liar without realizing the sacrifice Nora made for him (Baseer, Sofia & Fareha 2013).Lastly, feminism plays a central theme in A Doll s House play. Work Cited Curtin, Jeffrey T. From Narcissism to Empathy: Ibsen s Plays in the Digital Age. (2015). Abbas, Nawal Fadhil, and Sarab Kadir Mugair. Elliptical Analysis between Linguistic Economy And Attention Focus. Language in India 12.2 (2012). Baseer, Abdul, Sofia Dildar Alvi, and Fareha Zafran. The Use of Symbolic Language in Ibsen s A Doll s House: A Feministic Perspective. Language in India 13.3 (2013).
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