Warning: Use of undefined constant referer - assumed 'referer' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 102

Warning: Use of undefined constant host - assumed 'host' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 105

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 106

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 109
A Doll's House Reflective Statement - Term Papers

A Doll's House Reflective Statement

"Reflective statement; A Doll's House"

When I first started "A Doll's house" I thought it was just some out dated comedy not unlike todays "Modern Family," but in our Interactive Oral about play quickly changed my mind. Especially when presented with gender roles of the past versus the present and issues. The end of the play offered drama, romance, that also happen to question the ideas of the majority. Well it did not just happen to question the ideas of the majority, Henrik Ibsen ( the author of A Doll's House) has often questioned society. As explained by Chichi, Henrik Ibsen grew up poor. This fact made him struggle a lot in his life, but while struggling he saw others struggling ...

Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers

it allowed audiences everywhere to immediately relate their own lives onto the lives of the Helmers. This way no one could hide from the overall message of the play. Although it does not work as well on today's readers/ watchers.

As said by Eugenia Simpson, Back in the Victorian Era, talk of sex was distasteful. Gender roles were stronger. Women were expected to do anything their husbands ask. As well as husbands were expected to be the head of the house hold. Women raised the children; men brought home the money. Ibsen tried to speak out against it through "A Doll's ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.

Already a member? Login

CITE THIS PAGE:

APA
MLA
Chicago
Turabian

A Doll's House Reflective Statement. (2015, November 29). Retrieved April 18, 2024, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/A-Dolls-House-Reflective-Statement/105230

"A Doll's House Reflective Statement." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 29 Nov. 2015. Web. 18 Apr. 2024. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/A-Dolls-House-Reflective-Statement/105230>

"A Doll's House Reflective Statement." Essayworld.com. November 29, 2015. Accessed April 18, 2024. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/A-Dolls-House-Reflective-Statement/105230.

JOIN NOW

Join today and get instant access to this and 50,000+ other essays

PAPER DETAILS

Added: 11/29/2015 08:14:38 PM
Submitted By: jlce
Category: Film & Theater
Type: Free Paper
Words: 323
Pages: 2

Save |