A Doll's House

8 Pages 1947 Words

“Tell me just what – within reason – you’d most like to have. (Ibsen 1570)” Helmer is a certainly a man that lives up to what is expected of him, inside and outside the home.
Nora, as a woman, also has many expectations she must try to live up to. By natural design, women are not good with money, with planning, or with complicated thinking. They are certainly the underclass of the sexes. This condition was caused by the fact that women were forced to mold themselves into a model themselves that men deem desirable and best. The wants and desires of women were put aside so that they may better perform the role of pleasing the men in their lives. They were there to support their husbands and help carry on the tasks of keeping the house in order, or they’re to care for their fathers and clean his house of generally care for him. This entire social condition became an inescapable cycle, since men chose what men should and would be like and they chose as suits them. A woman did not have the opportunity to go out and “find herself” or to further her own talents and abilities. They were instead molded into a shape that would further enhance the me!
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