Theme Of Freedom In A Doll's House

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“I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.” These words of Henrik Ibsen perfectly describes one of the most important theme discussed in this story i.e. Freedom. The meaning of freedom is defined from different aspects according to different cultures; freedom varies from one culture to another. Some define freedom as natural right, which a person is born with. Like the will to do what ever someone feels like, live where he wants, say what he thinks and have a free opinion about anything. Freedom can stretch through free speech to the choice of religion without ignoring or affecting other peoples’ rights. There is nothing more humiliating than taking a person’s natural rights away. By doing so you are depriving him from freedom. …show more content…

The play “A doll’s House” is a play about a time in which women were not allowed and were not supposed to conduct outside business, without the authority or their husbands, fathers or brothers. They were not allowed to vote, even when they had the right to divorce, but it had a heavy social stigma and was only done when both partners agreed on it. Basically women were treated as property of men. The setup of a play is of a typical late 18th and early 19th century household, thus relating it to the factors stated …show more content…

Don’t get me wrong, its not that she doesn’t want to live like that or as if she is fed up of her family, its because that her personality and her way of being is not suitable for the social environment and the situation of her family. Nora; according to the play is a cunning and a sharp women willing to do anything for her family, but this willingness of hers’ that she possesses is something what is considered bad for a women to do. She is part of a respectable family with a decent social status in the society. Her husband is shown a bit dominating in their relationship; which most of the husbands were at that time, as women were treated like property of men and didn’t have much say in most business affairs. Nora is represented as a confined women who is lost in search of personal satisfaction, her actions sends her into an even deeper conflict, not just with her personality, but also with the people around her especially her husband. Although her intentions according to the play were no to harm anyone, but they were taken totally out of proportion and the stigma of society labeled her as a negative

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