Women’s Right In The Nineteenth Century

Women’s Right In The Nineteenth Century

"Nora, Nora! Just like a woman!" (Act 1, pg. 149) Women’s rights in the nineteenth century were very limited. They were treated more as a possession rather than a companion. They were always treated poorly and criticized for being women. Torvald expressed this with his wife, Nora, when he labeled her as being like every other women.
Other examples would be the working situation. It was not right for women to work because the husband was expected to provide for the family while the women stayed at home and raised the children. When Nora borrowed money she had to work to pay it off without Torvald finding out. If he did find out that “…he'd owed [Nora] anything…. It'd spoil everything between [them]…." (Act 1, pg. 161) this is because his reputation wou...