How Does the Title a Doll’s House Demonstrate an...

Juan Pablo Romoleroux Mrs. Jones English III, Period: 4 20 March, 2012 How Does the Title A Doll’s House Demonstrate an Allegory for Women’s role at that time? The door of A Doll’s House is closed at last. This is a symbol for the end of the way society thinks about women back in the Victorian era around the 19th century. At the time Henrik Ibsen wrote the play A Doll’s House in Norway, it was normal for society to look down upon such women that would leave their children and husbands behind. Men had a higher status than women at that time. The title â€Å"Doll’s House† ties well with the play because it illustrates how in the past, society treated women as dolls. The title of the play demonstrates an allegory for women’s roles because it†¦show more content†¦Dolls represent the way women were treated back then, the way women are seen as and behave. Women behaved in such a way because men and society molded them in that direction. Dolls have lifeless lives without someone that interacts with them; in the play we can see how Nora and Christine represent those dolls in society. Christine, a widower, is a doll because she is lifeless at first because nothing motivates her to work or do something about her life; she doesn’t have anyone to work or support for. That’s why she is lifeless, but as soon as she agrees to go back with Krogstad, she feels that she had â€Å"Someone to work for and live for- a home to bring comfort into† (65). She needed someone to string her. Nora has also a lifeless life just because of the idea that her father and husband run her life for her; decide everything for her as if she is a little child, â€Å"I have been your doll-wife, just as at home I was papa’s doll-child† (77). She is influenced and is being treated like a doll, a little child, from her â€Å"male figures†. Nora did not have a mind of her own, and didn’t approach everyday life situation just like every other women in that era. She is being sheltered like a child; she is sheltered like a doll would be protected by a child. Ibsen portrayed the idea of women being treated like dolls through the title of