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A Doll's House: Context - Coggle Diagram
A Doll's House: Context
Women
Woman as the 'other'
a woman could not be herself in a masculine society, with laws framed by men, judicial system that judges feminine
Deprived and dependent
Napoleonic code (1804) - Prevented women from engaging in financial transactions. Essentially made women 'children in the eye of the law'.
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Ibsen and theatre
A Doll's House can be read as a realist and naturalist drama (a late 19th-century theatrical movement aiming for a "slice of life" representation, presenting reality on stage with scientific precision)
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Henrik Ibsen’s "A Doll’s House" is set in a confined, middle-class Norwegian home circa 1879.
Ibsen wrote the play on Amalfi coast, Italy in 1879
Problem play -
19th century style which is in the wider movement of Realism.
Deals with social problems through character debate and conflict accurately
Ibsen leans towards this type of play more than a well-made play (piece bien faite) which is more Romantic (French-style)
Humanism
What did Ibsen say in a speech for the Norwegian Women Association for Women's Rights for his 70th birthday? -
That he has 'never written to further a social purpose' and that he would 'have to decline the honour of having said to have been working for the Women's Rights movement'.
He wanted to be seen as an advocate of human rights instead.
Ibsen to the Modern Audience
'Father of Modern Drama'
Realistic dialogue with characters of psychological depth on the stage.
His use of subtext changed the way modern drama is produced.
Produces relevant, social commentary on modern life.
Ibsen as a contemporary playwright, shows a world that is common to the audience
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Darwinism
In 1859 Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
His research suggested that species survive by adapting themselves to existing conditions
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