This can be seen through the play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. ... Within Henrik Ibsen's play, A Doll's House, Ibsen uses the symbolism of clothing to illustrate freedom. ... This can be shown within Ibsen's play, A Doll's House, that shows a husband restricting the wife's freedoms which is gained through exchanging rings back and leaving for forever. ... As the end draws near, the doll's house tumbles down, Nora shedding the fancy dress- practically her own skin revealing her change from childhood with little freedoms to adulthood with many freedoms. ......

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In Henrik Ibsen' play, "A Doll's House," the role of women is revealed as being strong and sacrificial individuals, and Ibsen demonstrates this through the two main characters: Kristine Linde and Nora Helmer. ... "She expects Torvald to take upon himself the responsibility for the past, but he does not and is thus stripped of all his pretensions, while Nora is jolted into a realization that she has been living in a doll's house" (Goonetillieke). ... Henrik Ibsen created an interesting array of characters within his play, A Doll's House, who come from different walks of life...

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In the 19th century, women were treated as though they were silly little children that were expected to look and behave a certain way in order to meet society's expectations. Henrik Ibsen's play, A Doll's House, focuses on the unjust treatment of women and the hardships they faced as they struggled ...

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