A Doll's House Analysis

Title

A Doll's House

Author

Reference to the way Nora is treated in the play.

Work ok social realism
Henrik Ibsen

Context
Genre
Audience

Skein, Norway on March 20, 1828

Written in Italy in 1879, Victorian Era.

Family Drama, Tradegy
All of Europe and that world that lived by the old institution of marriage

Purpose

during the nineteenth century.

very idea that a woman might have something to do other than
keep house and raise children was pretty scandalous in

Themes

the Victorian era.

The Sacrificial Role of Women

Parental and Filial Obligations

The Unreliability of Appearances

Men and Masculinity

Marriage (dissolution of a marriage that doesn't meet these

standards)

accomplish the "wonderful thing," a bridge of the mental gap

which would bring his understanding and sympathies into

Point of View
(Voice)
Form, Structure,

agreement with her point of view.

individual vs. corrupt popular society
Third Person Limited
Written in Prose
It has 3 acts

Organization
Tone, Mood,

In the beginning, the play seems to be biased toward Nora. We're

Atmosphere

definitely asked to sympathize with her. His last line, "The most
wonderful thing of all?" indicates that he's gone through the same

spiritual awakening as Nora (3.381). We go from seeing Nora as

Torvald's prisoner to seeing that all the characters, Torvald included,
Language
Character

have been prisoners in some way.

Realism
Nora

Torvald
Ms. Linde
Dr. Rank
Setting
Symbolism