Dolls House a paper on women and european life in the 1800s
A Doll’s House What do most people think a marriage consists of in today’s world? ... Well in the mid to late 1800s, this wasn’t the case in European society. ... During this time, women couldn’t vote or even own any property. ... This is the realization women had to live in during the 1800s. Looking into Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House it is easy to see what kind of world women lived in during this time. The main character Torvald Helmer and his wife Nora explain what society expected of women, the status of women in society, and why Nora didn’t full fill her expectations as being a good wife, and these are the main factors to look into when analyzing A Doll’s House. First of all, lets look at what kind of status women possessed in society. During this time, women had no right and were expected to obey their husbands like children would today obey their parents. ... In societies view, women weren’t educated so they were free of rational thinking. Women couldn’t even own property in most cases. Women basically had no rights during this time. ... This is oppressing women because its not allowing women to think freely and express their own opinions. At this time, many women wanted to be in Nora’s shoes because they wanted to be in a stable place and education wasn’t their main goal. Women looked to be protected, and in the nineteenth European Society this is what took place in most cases. ... Once again this shows men oppressing women and an unfair justification towards women. Helmer is saying most of the time Kucera 3 if a child goes astray it’s usually the mother’s fault because women are suppose to be moral and religious and bring their children up to be the same way.