A Dolls Broken House

 In "A Dolls House" by Ibsen is a story meant to show the role of women in society. Women were absolutely not equals to men in this time period. They had completely different roles in society. Men were looked at as the primary bread winners and had the rights and privileges women just didn't have. A good example is Nora, she is treated as a doll or plaything by her husband. She is not treated as an equal partner. She may be more well off than many women but she has a hard life too. She has to settle for being the less dominant partner in her marriage. Many women accepted these roles. Nora was not like every woman. She does the unthinkable and takes out a fraudulent loan in her husbands name. This was despicable in these times, even if it just for Torvalds health. She goes outside the typical gender role in society and does something different. Then in the end she does something very unusual, she leaves her husband and her children. This is something that just didn't happen in those times. This just shows that gender roles are not set in stone and are forever changing.