Topic > A comparison of two plays by Ibsen - 1373

It can be shown that Henrik Ibsen's plays Dollhouse and An Enemy of the People were both written by Ibsen not only through characteristic techniques such as blocking and exposition of characters , but also the similarity in the decay of the social personality of the characters outside the norm and the growing support of the main character. The last part of this statement demonstrates that Ibsen's works are written more effectively because such commonality is a more direct connection between the works than subtleties such as exposition of characters. But why do we care if they can prove whether a work is by Henrik Ibsen or not? ? It's simply so that we can better analyze his writing. If the similarities between Ibsen's plays can be demonstrated, then it is safe to say that one could not only explore why these threads are common between the plays, but also discover other play writings that were influenced by Ibsen and picked up this commonality and they implemented similarly in their works. This is an adequate reason to examine what makes an Ibsen play unique, or at least similar to his other plays, and to explain it. In both works, each main character shows a decay from the norm in their social personality. In Dollhouse, Nora, who seems like a silly and childish woman at first, is revealed to be intelligent and driven throughout the show, and by the show's conclusion, can be seen as a strong-willed and independent thinker. She develops an awareness of the truth about her life as Torvald's devotion to an image at the expense of creating true happiness becomes increasingly apparent to her. When Nora calls him mean and swears around the house, and when Krogstad calls him by name, Torvald becomes considerably angry, and this anger at what he sees to be insubordination and improper etiquette increases his awareness of the falsehoods enacted by Mr. Helmer. When it is revealed to Torvald that their life-saving trip to Italy was financed by his wife who borrowed money under his nose and through his authority, he becomes very angry, as he very well should if everything is to meet Alla's social standard end of the play, we see that Torvald's obsession with controlling the appearance of his home and his repeated repression and denial of reality have irreparably damaged his family and his happiness and intensify Nora's need for rebellion, which inevitably results in his abandonment. her husband and children find their independence at the show's conclusion.