"A Doll's House" - Henrik Ibsen

“A Doll’s House” – Henrik Ibsen

A Doll's House is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. It provides a critical insight to see the 19^th century marriage norms.

Henrik Johan Ibsen (1828 –1906) was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of realism" and is one of the founders of Modernism in theatre.

Let’s first take a look at the plot and major characters.

"A doll’s house" - Henrik Ibsen from vaidehi Hariyani

This play was controversial at that time, as the protagonist Nora lefts her husband and children behind to find his own way. If we read this play keeping in mind the contemporary time then we can understand the play well.

Why women are considered to be “Angel in the house”???? They also want to live their life freely.

In this play we find that Nora has been often addressed as “My Squirrel”, “My doll” by his husband. First we might feel that he is addressing her so romantically, but we go deep down we realise the ideas of typical patriarchal society. By calling doll and all they try to tell women you are delicate.

Every individual has rights to live their life with their own conditions. Well, things are not changed as such. The archetypal mindset is same everywhere.