Two plays, "A Doll's House", by Henrik Ibsen, and "Antigone", by Sophocles, illustrate the basis behind this quote. ... "A Doll's House", by Henrik Ibsen is a play that illustrates the sorrow of love. ... He treats his wife as if she were a little doll. ...
Nora and Antigone, True Tragic Heroines Sophocles" Antigone along with Ibsen's A Doll's House are plays that place the main characters in tough personal situations which must be overcame by personal strength. ... Nora from A Doll's House also has to decide where the line should be drawn between right and wrong. ... Creon in Antigone and Torvald in A Doll's House act as the antagonist of each play; both are males who are arrogant and egotistical. ...
In the stories "Antigone" and "A Doll's House", Antigone and Nora fight against the force of society. ... "Well, Torvald, I can't get along a bit with out your help," (Ibsen 27). ... She cannot make any major decisions without his permission, "No, a wife may not borrow without a husband's consent," (Ibsen 12). ... It is for that reason that I cannot remain with you any longer," (Ibsen 64). ...
Men and Women are Not Equal Ibsen's "A Doll's House- and Sophocles' "Antigone- are both significant in that they avoid the social temptation of using a man as a protagonist. ... In "A Doll's House-, Nora must decide where the line between right and wrong is drawn. ... The end comes, and with it the doll's house tumbles down and Nora discards her doll's dress, she sheds her skin as it were. ... It is then that she realizes how much she has been wronged, that she is only a plaything, a doll to Helmer. ... When Nora closes behind her the door of her doll'...
