The plays that deal with the issue of woman in society and the way they are seen in society are Antigone by Sophocles and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. We are introduced to the character Nora in Ibsen's play. Nora's character undergoes a change from first being a doll to becoming an individual who wants to find her own independence. ...
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. ...
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'...
Ibsen writes typical of the ways that the characters might talk in relation to their position and their relationship with each other. Nora, committed forgery, not to save her husband's life, but to redecorate her house. ... The children: Nora plays with her children and treats them like dolls. ... Sounds of the city play on the house speakers" (Hwang 21). ...
