A Doll’s House A Doll’s House, written by Herkin Isben is a Victorian play filled with lies, deceit, and underlying meaning. The play tells of truth about the way women where looked at during the late 1800’s. One of A Doll’s House central themes is rebellion from society. It is demonstrated by several of its characters breaking away from the social standards of their time and acting of their own terms. During …showed first 75 words of 820 total…

…showed last 75 words of 820 total…play Ibsen tries to show this though the many acts in which Nora pursues. Ibsen used Nora’s rebellion as an example to illustrate that society’s expectations of a woman’s role in society and marriage were incorrect. Her decision to leave was the exclamation point on this critical view of society. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** “A Doll’s House.” Master Plots. Vol. 3. 1996 Clurman, Harold. Ibsen. New York: Macmillan, 1977 Salome, Lou. “Ibsen.” Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Vol. 37