This is exactly the case for nineteenth century Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. ... An inarguably feminist icon born of Ibsen's dramatic literature is Hedda Gabler. ... Regardless of whether or not Ibsen and critics considered his work to be feminist, women who attended performances of Ibsen plays were overwhelmingly empowered by what they saw. During the years of 1880 and 1900, all but three of Ibsen's plays were originally produced as matinees. ... When presented with the works of Ibsen, women could immediately identify with the situations being played out in front of them. ...

• Word Count: 1867
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 2278
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the two plays, "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen and "All My Sons" by Arthur Miller present causes of conflict within relationships in both similar and different ways between characters in the plays. ... The declarative sentence at the end of the quote shows that Ibsen is continuing Torvald's authority over Nora in the play. ... Ibsen makes good use of foreshadowing in "A Doll's House" to create dramatic effect. ... Small lies/secrets such as these escalate throughout the play where Ibsen reveals a much bigger and darker secret which Nora is hiding from her husband. ... Ibsen ...

• Word Count: 1949
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Tragedy of Inequality: Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll House- as Tragedy A critic by the name of Dorothea Krook treats A Doll House as a tragedy because it has what she takes to be the four universal elements of the genre: the act of shame or horror, consequent intense suffering, a consequent increase in knowledge, and, finally, a reaffirmation of the value of life. ... Indeed, this transformation in the character of Nora elucidates an important theme in the play: the need for individuals to rid themselves of the "costumes- they wear "their false personas "and to interact with eac...

• Word Count: 1553
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ibsen's use of symbolism in Hedda Gabler is able to dramatically represent psychological states of individuals and give power to the delivery of key themes. ... Henrik Ibsen's play, Hedda Gabler is primarily concerned with representing and critiquing bourgeois Norwegian society in the nineteenth century. ... Ibsen's play explores issues associated with the prescribed roles society constructs for women and men and how these prescribed roles limit the agency of the individual. ...

• Word Count: 2017
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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 ...

• Word Count: 1599
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate