1. Feminism and and the Works of Ibsen
Nora Helmer of A Doll's House has faced extreme criticism as a feminist icon. Although this story demonstrates the undoubtedly A popular view upon the premiere of this play was that "A Doll House did not have to be taken as a serious statement about women's rights because the heroine of act 3 is an incomprehensible transformation of the heroine of acts 1 and 2" (Templeton 28). ... Joan Templeton, author of The Doll House Backlash: Criticism, Feminism, and Ibsen, explores the foundations of such unfair criticism. ... Such a goal is based upon an " overwhelmingly deduct...
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