Carole Ezell
ENC 1102
5/1/2016
The Doll House Research Paper The play “The Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen was written in the late 1800’s in Europe. This drama tells a story of one woman’s struggle in society when trying to help her family. Throughout the play there were many different aspects of the dilemma of social status and serious decision making, but with these choices comes unforeseeable consequences. In this play we see how society has altered the decisions that Nora, Torvald and Krogstad make to better help themselves. Back in the Victorian era when “The Doll House” was written according to mrstigheibrevision.wikispaces.com “the wife would stay home and take care of the children.” So women were not capable of having a job back then because society frowned upon it. In the play Nora would stay at home and care for the children and her husband because it was her duty. But when her husband became ill, he could no longer work. That meant that there was no income coming to the house so they would soon go …show more content…
But with the ramifications of the decisions the characters made we learned that trying to change the different structures of society can either cause severe complications like Nora causing problems for the family, or Torvald being self-centered leading to the separation of the family. But the it can also lead to new relationships like Krogstad and Mrs.Lindle rejoining their family. Work Cited Page
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