Defying Social Constraints in A Dolls House Essay

I really liked this play along with the other ones we have read in class. However, this plays seems to stand out to me because it takes a feminist point of view. It is always good to go inside the role of a woman and see how they feel and act upon their own thoughts. Good literature helps us to learn about how other people think and act. Moreover, when we can relate the characters actions to our lives or the world around us the meaning is more personal and beneficial. For some reason, I feel like many women out there really do feel like Nora. They are trapped in economic circumstances because it is the safe way to go. Many times woman do not truly love their husbands and are rather there just to live a safe and comfortable life.†¦show more content†¦In todays sense, she is a stay home mom and in the Victorian times, thats what women were supposed to do. However, Edna felt the exact opposite way and she even states this by saying, I would sacrifice my life, but not my self for my children. Edna was just tired of being her husbands possession and keeping up with the social conventions at the time. As a result, she searched internally within herself to escape the cage she was living in. Through the process of self realization Edna decides to move into her own pigeon house. She leaves her kids and husband to live on her own in order to not be anybodys possession, but just her self. The pigeon house allows her to dare and defy social constraints without loosing her social respectability. Edna followed her heart rather than reason, which is one of the themes of the novel. Still Edna felt caged and the only place that had no boundaries or restrictions was the sea. Rather a selfish way to escape, it was the only thing left for her to do, so she commits suicide. This is quite the contrary from the relationship between Song Liling and Rene Gallimard in M. Butterfly or Anna and Gourav in The Lady With The Pet Dog. Despite the sex differences between in M. Butterfly, the couples in both stories truly love each other as they both emotionally, physically, and spiritually satisfy each other. There is no satisfaction or