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... A strikingly similar play, A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen, was performed and written fifty years before The Awakening, but takes the same daring approach to women’s internal struggle against oppression. ... The old woman in black and the two young lovers help illustrate the situation of women in that time period, and warn the reader of the black future that would await Edna were she to dare to chase mirages of happiness in an oppressing desert. ...
Henrik Ibsen’s play makes a similar point about the caging of women within marriage and the conventions of society, but Ibsen approaches the subject in a far more blunt and satirical manner. ... In the beginning, Nora is so entangled in the expectations and oppression of her husband and her father, that she is completely indistinguishable from a comical symbol of the situation of women in the 1800’s. ...
Also important to the build-up of suspense is Nora’s withholding of certain details about her life. ... Several parallels are drawn between Nora and the Christmas tree in the beginning; both are seen as playthings meant to light up the home, and Nora refuses that either be seen before they are fully dressed and ready for show.
Approximate Word count = 1684
Approximate Pages = 6.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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