Analysing the Plot and Sub Plot of A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen Essay

Analysing the Plot and Sub Plot of A Dolls House by Henrik IbsenAs some different year goes by I am now writing a piece of coursework for ASdrama, this particular piece will be about a non so well known playcalled A dolls house, written by Henrik Ibsen. In particular I willby studying conservatively and analysing the plot and subplot of the play.The play was wrote in the 1800s and was first performed in Copenhagenduring the winter of 1879. Most of Ibsens plays were based around theissues during that era, as was a dolls house covering forgery,feminism, freedom, independence, delight?, stereotypes, and duty all inthe main plot. The subplot covered issues like loneliness, widowed,manipulation, deception/secrets and the new woman. To convey theissues there where two characters in the main plot, these were Noraand Torvald (the husband and wife living in the dolls house. As thestory unravels we discover many different things but we also find outthat Nora is in every expression to sh ow how she has adapted to living herlifestyle and how she is slowly moving out of it and into another.Torvald is also in most scenes but always seems to be in his kinghard at work trying to earn money for Nora and the family, as mostfamilies would be in this century. Then there are two other charactersrunning the subplot these are Mrs Linde and Krogstad both of theseconvey how Noras life could be if she were to separate from hehusband, Torvald, showing how hard it is to be a part of society. MrsLinde feels that Nora leads the accurate lifestyle with a happy familywhere as Nora feels that Mrs Linde has the better lifestyle, beingfree.The features of the subplot are shown via the main plot, this is toshow a variety o... ...bsen had to re-write theplay with an alternate shutdown, as they did not want to show that womencan be more powerful than men. The ending was that Nora broke down intears and stayed after Torvald forcing her to see her children. Thenormal ending was described as an act of barbarous violence.Through researching and thoroughly studying the play act by act I havelearnt that not alone was the subplot just as important as the mainplot but how they were run through each other and the impact it had. Ialso garner more information on what life was like during the 1800sand how controlling the male was over the female during them times.The play also gave a great sixth sense to how widowed and/or single adultswere treated back in them days. So if you ever read the play I hopeyou enjoy it as more as I did and get a good understanding of all thekey issues.