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In today’s society women are not only the backbone of the family but sometimes considered to be the one to hold the family together through thick and thin. Women want to be treated as an equal to the man. Women have fought and even boycotted but still men continue to control our society and most of the time they tend to have the final say so especially in the household. In the stories A Doll’s House and Sweat this idea of what we now call a â€Å"woman† does not even exist. Women have the right to every thing a man has a right to and more. In examining these two stories they are very similar in a great deal that they both dealt with the fact that the man in their life, in my opinion, could not handle an educated or dependent woman and they really felt intimidated. Women are people too and they should be treated as such. In the earlier days women spent most of their time in the household. Women were expected and taught to be a foot pedestal to men. The men were taught to â€Å"bring home the bacon† and provide for the family. Women, on the other hand, were expected to support their man and â€Å"do as they were told† and if their husband’s wanted anything they were to cater to his every need, no questions asked. Women had no voice, they were basically considered as property to their husbands instead of a wife or helpmate. In some cases even daughters were treated like this also. If a man wanted to marry another man’s daughter he would have to get her father’s permission and in some cases pay the father to marry his daughter. This was done because the father would be loosing help, sort of like an employee, so the man had to pay him so that he could continue with his work. In the story A Doll’s House Torvald, the husband, treated Nora, his wife, more like his daughter. But one day she finally got a backbone and left. She wanted to learn, to be educated, and to find out who she really was. In one part of the pl... Free Essays on A Dolls House Free Essays on A Dolls House In today’s society women are not only the backbone of the family but sometimes considered to be the one to hold the family together through thick and thin. Women want to be treated as an equal to the man. Women have fought and even boycotted but still men continue to control our society and most of the time they tend to have the final say so especially in the household. In the stories A Doll’s House and Sweat this idea of what we now call a â€Å"woman† does not even exist. Women have the right to every thing a man has a right to and more. In examining these two stories they are very similar in a great deal that they both dealt with the fact that the man in their life, in my opinion, could not handle an educated or dependent woman and they really felt intimidated. Women are people too and they should be treated as such. In the earlier days women spent most of their time in the household. Women were expected and taught to be a foot pedestal to men. The men were taught to â€Å"bring home the bacon† and provide for the family. Women, on the other hand, were expected to support their man and â€Å"do as they were told† and if their husband’s wanted anything they were to cater to his every need, no questions asked. Women had no voice, they were basically considered as property to their husbands instead of a wife or helpmate. In some cases even daughters were treated like this also. If a man wanted to marry another man’s daughter he would have to get her father’s permission and in some cases pay the father to marry his daughter. This was done because the father would be loosing help, sort of like an employee, so the man had to pay him so that he could continue with his work. In the story A Doll’s House Torvald, the husband, treated Nora, his wife, more like his daughter. But one day she finally got a backbone and left. She wanted to learn, to be educated, and to find out who she really was. In one part of the pl... Free Essays on A Dolls House â€Å"A Dolls House† Henrik Ibsen In the play, â€Å" A Dolls House†, Henrik Ibsens core message is to evaluate society in the nineteenth century European life. The play shows notorious issues that the audience can relate to because they take part in the similar situations every day of their own lives. Unwittingly the leading actress solves the trouble at the end of the play and in some way sends a message to the audience on how to solve their own problems. Ibsen takes a look at the issues through a different angle in which his society never knew were ever really wrong to begin with. Ibsen takes a look at one critical thing in society, and that is women’s rights. Back in the society Ibsen wrote this play in, women were not supposed to borrow money or do anything â€Å"legal†. Women were supposed to be mute and leave this up to the men. (Example on page 1774, Literature Text, 8th Edition.) On this page (1774) Nora, the main character, supposedly borrowed the money for their trip from her father. But Nora confesses to her friend Christine that she in fact did not borrow the money from her father she herself was the one who raised it. Ibsen shows the traditional look at women in which they were to stay at home, cook, clean, take care of the children and tend to her husband. Torvald (Nora’s husband) calls Nora by pet-names and speaks down to her because he thinks that she is not intelligent and that she can not think on her own Ibsen takes a look at the lack of power or â€Å"say† a women has in nineteenth century, he shows through Nora how some women would hide their strength and go above and beyond what’s expected. Like in the above paragraph we discussed how women were not supposed to do anything legal, such as taking loans from banks or other resources. In the play, Nora takes a loan from Kragstad to pay for her husband’s trip without her husband knowing. (Pg 1783, Literature Text, 8th Edition) Nora never bein...