Essay on Henry Ibsen's "A Doll's House"

In 19th Century Denmark, the Danish were undergoing a struggle to define who they actually were, as conservatives opposed the reform-minded liberals. Ibsen implies the importance of social acceptability throughout this play, touching upon several different factors of Danish society, as this text will explain. "A Doll's House" grants that the status of women in 19th century Denmark; their roles weren't dominant, households were patriarchal, the wives/mothers' were present to be eye candy, doing …

…living an honest life, positive thinking and being persistent even through tough situations one can expect to be looked up to, due to the fact that they can handle a situation in superiority to others. Communication plays a dominant role in the respect that high-ranking males are able to spread over a larger majority, as their say is superior to that of others, adding a level of importance that we can't understand in today's society.