Henrik Ibsens `A Dolls House`

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Henrik Ibsen and Marriage

Henrik Ibsen is generally regarded to be one of the greatest names in literature , particularly in the playwriting genre . He is even considered by many as the father of modern drama . His contribution the world of literature is simply irrefutable . Probably his best known work is the full length play A Doll 's House ' This particular masterpiece of Ibsen had been widely read and staged , it has even become a required reading in many schools worldwide . It is important

to note that A Doll 's House ' is only one of Ibsen 's works that has been distributed around the globe . With Ibsen 's credibility taken into consideration , it would be important to determine what message did he want to communicate Gender relations , particularly marriage , have been a much discussed issue in today 's world . If dissect Ibsen 's best known work , A Doll 's House , and the life of Ibsen we would discover that he is an advocate of equality between wife and husband

A Doll 's House ' is basically a full-length play about Nora , a wife and a mother . The protagonist of the narrative had expressed her discontent of playing stereotyped roles of being a woman . The story complicates when Nora had borrowed a considerable amount for hospitalizing her husband , Torvald . But she keeps this as a secret because she thinks that her husband 's pride would be hurt . As the narrative progresses , Nora seems to be gradually detesting her role as a wife . The story would end with Nora leaving Torvald , with the intention of finding her true potential as an individual (Ibsen

Through the play A Doll 's House , Ibsen presented to us an example of a marriage wherein there is inequality . Torvald seemingly prides himself too much for being the breadwinner of the family . But it is important to consider that Nora is characterized as an intelligent woman . Nora could even be categorized as an empowered woman - a term frequently used today in gender discussions . With the mindset of keeping the pride of her husband from being hurt , Nora had secretly got a job by copying s , which she had secretly done in her room . Nora was able to come up with a considerable amount , although it is still short of the remaining balance , this is one of her many admirable feats

However , even though Ibsen is an advocate of equality among spouses there are some events in his life that would suggest the opposite There are some aspects of his marriage that would make it hard to believe that Ibsen was an advocate for equality in marriage

In 1858 , Ibsen was employed by the Kristiana 's National Theater as a creative director . At the same year he had met and later one married Suzannah Thoresen . Being a writer was not a lucrative source of salary during Ibsen 's time . The couple had to live under very poor circumstances . He had left his wife in 1864...