Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House".

A close study of the techniques used to portray the characters of Ibsen's A Doll's House has led me to key insights in regard to the relationship between the individual and society in 19th century Europe. Society at this time was extremely patriarchal, where men were the leading figures in the community and household. Income, status and hence reputation were far more important than anything else to the majority. Women and wives were a distant …

…The text is still valuable today because it presents a historical commentary on 19th century European society as we have seen. Secondly because it continues to cause responders to affirm or challenge the values of the individuals and society presented. More than anything else however, it made me think about the institutions and conventions that govern me, and prompted the realisation that any individual will always be relatively constrained by the society they exist in.