Feminism in Ibsen's A Doll's House

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08/18/2007

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Table of Contents Feminism in Ibsen's A Doll's House Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. Debate about A Doll's House
    1. Ibsen's support for feminism
    2. Critics' refusal to accept Ibsen as a feminist
    3. His concern with 'the woman question'
  3. Torvald's treatment of Nora
    1. Nora and the stereotype of women as helpless, weak, submissive, and stupid
    2. Nora's discovery of her duties
    3. Nora's potential to think and act on her own
  4. Ibsen and his play as excellent examples of early feminism
  5. Conclusion
  6. Works cited

Abstract

According to Joan Templeton, author of ibsen's Women, ibsen's inspiration for Nora in A doll's house came from a family friend, Laura Peterson Kieler, also a writer (135). Kieler, the "real-life Nora," likewise borrowed money for her husband, who was sick with tuberculosis, to relocate to Italy to recuperate (135). She could not afford to pay her creditors, however, and, pregnant, used forgery to repay the loan (135-136). On learning of her attempt to save his life:
Victor Kieler demanded a legal separation on the grounds that his wife was an unfit mother [(because of her crime)], gained custody of the children, including the newborn baby, and had his wife committed to an asylum, where she was placed in the insane ward. (136)

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