A Dolls House

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Introduction

You have , perhaps , never heard a discussion or symposium on the subject Men-their role in the society . The discussion is always about women Men have , perhaps , no role ! Men can as well do , some of the jobs normally done by women . Even today , the best chefs are men ! The never-ending talk to give equal rights to women has been going on since time immemorial . But all the Acts of Parliaments all over the world will not bring equality to the female gender . The change has to be

achieved within-both men and women ! How can equal rights to women be given ? God has created her , given her the status of more-equal . Nobody can take that right away . It is the mother , who gives protection during the initial nine months to the divine creative force of the future-male or female ! A female child is victimized at every step of life , from the moment of birth , and she sacrifices at every stage . Women need to be the legal and spiritual equals of men

The three Act play by Henrik Ibsen is dominated by the main character Nora . The Doll 's House is symbolic - how Nora has been living within the specified rules applicable to housewife-submission , submission and more submission to the wishes of her husband ! Before marriage , she submitted to her parents (mostly to the wishes of her father now the place of submission is changed , but the procedure of male-dominance is the same-God bless her ! With no scope to develop her own personality she is obliged to live under the `protective ' umbrella of her husband but not for long ! Nora turns to be a dynamic rebel , gives up the structure that is considered sacred by the society and seeks the path of transformation and rehabilitation of her own personality . What is marriage ? Two distinct individuals , two separate personalities , born bred and brought up in two different set of circumstance , try to come together from the day of marriage ( if not courting earlier ) to find a common identity , a common goal and to be precise a common all ! But soon the affected one finds out that idealism and the reality are poles apart ! Why the scale of social justice tilts heavily against the womenfolk and their individual liberties are at a discount ? Why one finds Nora in every family in one form or the other even during the 21st century ? How long need the woman contain her suppressed emotions and move forward to establish her own identity

It is the same old story through the Ages - it is between Him and Her ! The family is run as per the dictates of Torvald , though his commands are honey-tongued . An attitude of `I know everything ' and `you know nothing ' is evident in his relationship with Nora . The sweet nothings he addresses to his wife like , Is my little lark twittering there (Ibsen , 2007 ,

. 6 ) Is it my little squirrel bustling about (p . 6 ) Has my little spendthrift been wasting money...