A Doll House: Insights In analysing the life and behaviors of this later 1800’s couple, it is important to understand the societal roles that men and women played. Men in this day, were supposed to be the leader of the house, making every desicion, and controling what went on in their household. As a matter of honor, the husband was supposed to keep his wife and children in subjection. All financial descisions and transactions were to be made by the husband. Society did not recognize female independance. In the play A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen, Nora was supposed to play the role of a traditional housewife, which to her husband Torvald, was exactly what was she was doing. She stayed close to home, mostly because her husband was afraid of the way people "would talk." But Nora had a secret. On her own, she set out to tend to her husband’s need of a break from h....

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