Queen Victoria And Feminism In A Doll's House

Have you ever watched or seen a realism play? Well in the 19th century those were the one of the main types of plays. Queen Victoria and Feminism influenced the 19th century. In 19th century Europe the time period was beginning to embrace feminism, which can be shown in some of Henrik Ibsen’s later plays, one of which is A Doll’s house.

The first wave of feminism, the industrial revolution and Queen Victoria all of which had some sort of impact not only on this time period but also on the theatre. Feminism was just now beginning to be noticed by the societies of this time. Feminism was meant to bring equality to women it also comes from the French word féminisme (“feminism”). One of the first women feminist manifestos was Mary Wollstonecraft fought for women to have the same benefits that men had and still have (“feminism”). During the first phase of feminism that took place during the 1800s to the early 1900s and at the beginning of this time period the marital laws were changed to fit new changes in the society (“feminism”). After women were granted the right to vote they wanted more education and employment options when they were women beginning to achieve greater educational and employment access (“feminism”). Queen Victoria was born on May 18,1819 and died on January 22, 1901(British). Queen Victoria was a strong woman that knows how to rule a country. So when she influenced feminism in the since that she brought light to how woman were treated (British). “Industrial Revolution has three major societal transition point that follows and was mad possible by the first two revolutions” (Martello). A British historian named Arnold Toynbee first came up with the name of the term “Industrial Revolution”. Since this was global it af...

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...n effect a woman that has in a marriage (Mitchell 108). Torvald who was a stereotypical Victorian husband that had a way to justify why Nora left him at the end of the play and when the play was performed in Germany the people added a some what happy ending were Nora did not leave her husband (Mitchell 66 and 63). When women saw the play it was said to have impacted their impression of their life and how they were treated (Mitchell 111). One of the Popular themes of the play was how money was controlling (Mitchell 120).

So when you think about it feminism and Queen Victoria affected the play. The Costumes, audience, and the cost for the performances impacted how the theatres were run and how well the audience enjoyed the play. Therefor feminism affected most of the plays in the beginning of the time period and almost all of the plays at the end of the time period.