Shift in the role of women in the society: Through the lens of A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen

Abstract

Henrik Ibsen known as the father of modern drama, famously shifted the focus from the mighty settings of kings, wars, nobility in drama to the common folk bourgeois. His most noted work A Doll’s House when first appeared in the theatres in 1879, was like a whirlwind of feminist questions in the society, it deepened the understanding of issues in people’s minds then, and is still considered one of the most valiant plays in the contemporary times due to the voice of women and radical steps asserted in the play.