Henrik Ibsen s A Doll s House - 2479 Words

Ibsen’s A Doll’s House: A parallel and a contrast style of Nora and Mrs. Linde A Doll s House is a play by Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen is Norwegian playwright, and Ibsen was born in 1828 in Skien, a town in the Norway. Also, Henrik Ibsen is a famous Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet, and Henrik Ibsen is often considered as â€Å"the father† of modern theater and one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre. In this play, Ibsen makes many hints about the roles of society and how the female gender was treated at the time. From this play, Ibsen believed about the roles of society, equality between males and females, and the idea of feminism. In the play, the main characters pretend to be someone who others would like them to be, instead†¦show more content†¦Since, she has had to work to take care of her sickly mother and two small brothers because her husband died. Then, her mother has died, and her brothers are grown up and have their own lives. Mrs. Linde is free lady now. In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House, even though Nora and Mrs. Linde are both brave, their attitudes toward money, their problems in their marriages, and their views on independence show that they look at life from different perspectives. Nora and Mrs. Linde are both brave women. Nora is brave because she does things typical women did not do. When Torvald was sick in the past, Nora illegally borrowed money for the trip that needed to save Torvald’s life was forced to take a loan from a rich man known as Mr. Krogstad. She told Torvald that the money had come from her father. For years, Nora has worked and saved in secret, and she slowly repaid the debt to be fully repaid. However, she is still brave, but she forged the signature in the past. Also, It is impressive that Nora was able to get the loan as Nora’s friend, Mrs. Linde, remarks â€Å"a wife can’t borrow [money] without her husband’s consent† (Ibsen 30). This implies Nora is not completely a money loving person who just follows every instruction given by her husband, but she is a brave, willing, and determined individual who does what is needed for the best of her loved ones. Additionally, when Torvald finds out of the debt and Nora’s forgery, Nora leaves the