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- The Scandinavian Drama
- Henrik Ibsen
- The Pillars of Society
- A Doll's House
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society. But they, too, must learn that society is
rotten to the core; that patching up or reforming
one sore spot merely drives the social poison
deeper into the system, and that all must go to the
bottom unless the spirit of Truth and Freedom
revolutionize the world.
A DOLL’S HOUSE
IN "A Doll’s House" Ibsen returns to the
subject so vital to him,—the Social Lie and Duty,
—this time as manifesting themselves in the sacred
institution of the home and in the position of
woman in her gilded cage.
Nora is the beloved, adored wife of Torvald
Helmer. He is an admirable man, rigidly
honest, of high moral ideals, and passionately devoted
to his wife and children. In short, a good man
and an enviable husband. Almost every mother
would be proud of such a match for her daughter,
and the latter would consider herself fortunate
to become the wife of such a man.
Nora, too, considers herself fortunate.
Indeed, she worships her husband, believes in him
implicitly, and is sure that if ever her safety should
be menaced, Torvald, her idol, her god, would
perform the miracle.
When a woman loves as Nora does, nothing
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