Premium Content A Doll's House: Revolution From Within
By Ryan Schildkraut - December 20, 1999
When Nora Helmer slammed the door shut on her doll's house in 1879, her message sent shockwaves around the world that persist to this day. "I must stand quite alone," Nora declares, "if I am to understand myself and everything about me" (Ibsen 64). After years of playing the role of a superficial doll, Nora transforms into an assertive and…
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