The Feminist Movement In A Doll's House

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The majority view of “A Doll’s House” is that Nora is viewed as a heroic character, who stands for a movement, but, in actuality, reality, Nora should not be viewed as anything, but a bystander of the feminist movement. The feminist movement in this story is defined by the negative action of men in “A Doll’s House.” Through the actions of men, Nora is view as the good person in the story and moral character. This should not be the case, Nora is a horrible person and should not be viewed as a good moral character; Nora is more like a false prophet of the feminist movement characterized by her interactions with Torvald, and interactions with other characters from the play. Through the actions of men, Nora is view as the good person in
Ibsen felt that, rather than the supremacy of men, husband and wife should live as equals and be free to become their own human beings. For example, Templeton uses an article from 1898 about Ibsen’s response to his plays at a Women’s Rights League convention. “Ibsen was inspired to write A Doll’s House by the terrible events in the life of Laura Petersen Kieler, a long life friend of Ibsen” (Templeton 21). This proves his view came from inspiration from men’s actions and not from a female’s. Henrik Ibsen viewed the life of Laura Petersen Kieler as tragic from action’s of men due to the men she surrounds herself with. The men in her life caused the feminist movement represented in “A Doll’s House” as they did not treat the women as they treated them as their equals and oppressed their women and pushed their views aside. Ibsen’s male character, Hemler saw the concept of marriage as something that should be fair, when he opening to Nora, Hemler said "Well, we will share it, Nora, as man and wife should. That is how it shall be.”, and Nora still doesn’t want that and chooses not to be with him. (Ibsen 15) Nora is not a feminist; Hemler agreed with the same stance of the feminist movement and quietly does more than Nora. Hemler, is the true hero for the feminist movement in this play and not

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