This play was kind of a revolution of sorts for women's rights. It's about Nora and her husband Torvald. Their marriage is typical of the 19th century, where Torvald works at the bank to make the money and Nora stays home as a housewife. Torvald was sick and they had to travel but didn't have a lot of money so Nora borrowed from one of the bank employees but told her husband it was from her father. This is a scandal because women weren't allowed to sign their name on loans or deeds or anything without their husband's approval. The employee she borrowed from gets fired and threatens to tell Torvald about their deal. Nora distracts her husband by being silly and girly. And that's all that Torvald sees her as anyway. In the end, she leaves her husband, saying she needs to work on herself because she can't be a wife or mother without knowing herself. This was such a big thing in those days because divorce was unheard of.
There are a few good monologues from Nora that I could cut together to make long enough.
No comments:
Post a Comment