It is the masterful portrayal of this age-old conflict between the sexes that serves as the dramatic centerpiece in both Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire- and Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House."" ... In "A Doll's House,"" Henrik Ibsen similarly centers the dramatic conflicts of the play around the complexity of the male/female dynamic, but his moments of conflict are generally more psychologically subtle. ... "Review of 'A Doll's House' by Henrik Ibsen. ... Ibsen the Norwegian. ... Ibsen, Henrik. ...

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The representation of women as being dominated, lacking independence and tied to the role of motherhood carried on through the rest of the 1800's in the form of plays such as Henrik Ibsen's A Dolls House, written shortly after what was considered to be the mid-Victorian period, 1879, it tells of Nora's fight against her husband's dominance, and her struggle to break the chains of social standards and rules, this was a period when women were expected to get married and raise children, they did not have a say in, or responsibility outside the home, this situation was typical ...

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