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A Doll's House In the play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Ibsen shows us what marriage was all about during the 19th century. In the play Ibsen creates a character by the name of Nora Helmer who at the beginning of the play is the prototypical 19th century wife, but in the end changes and her real character is finally shown. The 19th century was a time when in marriage it was the man's …

…lives. A Doll's House actually went along ways and actually started some feminist movements, because women actually read the book and realized that they didn't have to be stuck behind closed doors making nothing of their lives. Society has definitely came a long ways since the 19th century and women are no longer treated as they were in the 19th century they now have the rights and respect that they have so long deserved. Wordcount = 1919