Doll House

I would first like to start my blog about this play saying that it was more interesting and captivating then I imagined it would be. I really didn't know what to expect going into reading the play but I'm honestly always a bit skeptical about reading plays because they're so long and often uninteresting unless you have genuine love for plays and play writing and I personally have neither. With every play that I've read I go into it with a thought of what I think the play may turn out to be about and how the story line will go. The thought I had originally for this play is not what it turned out to be to my surprise. I would have never predicted the plot of this play to be what it was.

When beginning this play I immediately was put in the time frame of the 1800s when the relationship and responsibilities of men and women were so rigid and cut and dry. The men had the power and the "brains" and the women were mere accessories to the men they were married to and nothing more. Often times being talked down to and mocked by their husbands and made to believe that's the way it was supposed to be and that it was all out of love and playfulness. I don't agree with this way of thinking and I'm personally glad that time has passed, presently some situations have reminded us of time but nothing has come close to the rudimentary way of thinking that the people in this era thought.

I feel like the author was a feminist and displayed his thought on the view of women and the truth that women are capable of the things that men are capable of very well with this story and how Nora saved her husband's life without him knowing and handled the responsibility that she put on herself without any of his help. It really showed the strength of the woman and the ability that she has to think for herself and her family. I think her husband's attitude towards her was very selfish and in my opinion not that of a husband but that of a owner or ruler. he had no concern for her well being once he learned of her "wrong doing" only of himself and he tossed her away when he thought she would bring him any misfortune, that in no way is how a husband and wife is to be. 

I was completely shocked by the ending of this play to think in the era of the 1800s that a woman would be so bold to talk to her husband in such a manner and then to leave her home and her security for a world unknown. I think that further showed the courage of the woman and truly displayed the feminist theme of the play. I think that this play was well written and could be re-produced time after time because there are still people who think in the way that they people in this play and there's a message that could be told to people of all time periods. Women have rights and shouldn't be treated as second class citizens or inferior to men in any way shape or form and should be given the opportunity to think, work and thrive just like a man can.

I was really entertained by this play and delighted to see the plots rise and fall and the ending. Even though I enjoyed the play and being intertwined in the story line, I'm still not that big of a fan of reading plays versus viewing the play in live action. I think it's mainly because of the length of the plays and the lack of interactivity.