The play entitled “A Doll’s House”, by Henrik Ibsen, deals with the issue of a woman’s role in society. More specifically, the subordinate role women play in comparison to that of their husbands. Women, at that time, were mainly given the impression that one should support her husband through whatever decisions he chooses to make. As well, women should be sympathetic, comforting, and obedient towards their husbands. During act one, the main character, …showed first 75 words of 1310 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1310 total…they will be nothing more than strangers for the rest of their lives, then proceeds to walk out the door, leaving him forever. Nora walks out of that door with a different outlook on life. She has the desire to educate herself and explore the big world out there. Not to prove herself to others, but to prove to herself that she can be her own person, and for once in her life, stand alone.