A Doll's House - Context

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A Doll's House - Context	Published in Norway, 1879 First production Stockholm, 1880 Caused immediate sensation - sparked debate and controversy Highly thought-provoking
'A revolutionary action, a daring defiance of the cultured norms of the time'	Cultural norms represented by Torvald - 'bourgeois respectability' Financial success, upward social mobility, freedom from debt/moral guilt and stable, secure family
Women had little political or economic power Economically, socially and psychologically dependent on men, marriage and motherhood	New era introduced idea of granting women more power Apocalyptic idea that thrilled intellectuals but terrified ruling/middle class If women were to have autonomy, the whole societal structure would have to be re-imagined
Every move in the direction of autonomy felt like the end of the world	When Nora slams the door of her doll's-house, shutting herself out of the only world she has known and stepping into a future that is unknown and therefore both promising and threatening, the sound resonates with the apocalyptic tremors of Ibsen's time.

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