Although "A Doll's House" is a unique work that deals with the empowerment of women, it does deal with a common theme with "Yellow Wallpaper" that we read earlier. In "Yellow Wallpaper", the woman telling the story is talking about how much her husband makes her very subservient to him. She feels that he is so much smarter and better than her, when she sees his flaws. Eventually she goes crazy from her husband basically putting her on lock-down for too long.
In "A Doll's House", she pretends to be this woman that cannot do anything for herself when she actually did something quite genius and helpful for her husband behind her husband's back. There is this similar theme of men needing to feel superior to their wives, when in fact their wives are capable human beings. There is also a sense of male pride becoming ignorance in both of these works.
The wife in "Yellow Wallpaper" was not capable of working on her won. Nora was completely capable of anything.
ReplyDeleteYes, this play compares to "The Yellow Wallpaper". It is very intringing and pretty eye opening. She does do something brilliant, but her brilliancy isn't recognized by her husband for it doesn't count for her due to the fact that she is a woman. It is a shame. Did you find any other themes?
ReplyDeleteIt is oddly remarkable how unequal women were percieved as back in those days. I agree with your analyzation; indeed, male superiority is wrong and is very commonplace in patriarchal society.
ReplyDeleteInteresting picture. It would be cool if the play actually took place in a stage that was set up like that. It would add even more to the effect of the play.
ReplyDeleteThe picture seems to be of--an actual dollhouse. Some of these things are quite detailed and intricate.
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