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- Title
The Identity In-Between: The Enquiry of Apathy and Existential Anguish in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.
- Authors
Sahin, Abdur Rahman; Huq, Rizwan-ul
- Abstract
Henrik Ibsen, a champion of modern theatre movement, is an ardent advocate of self-freedom, self-emancipation, and self-control. A Doll's House is not an exception to this literary tradition as it shelves the contrasts between individuality and social values. Quite interestingly, 'Ibsenite' plays address these troubling issues of contemporary Victorian dualities. The project of European Enlightenment and its subsequent avalanche effects are truly represented through these plays where the classic and modern minds are in duels, fighting each other to the claws without any conclusive, authoritative solutions. Nora, the character representing the rebellion of the 'New Women', shares this crisis of her identity, a character torn between the traditional values and the urging necessity of the metamorphic transformation. Thus, the slamming of the door echoes the tension between the dualities of mind, an endeavor of self-searching quest. The paper investigates the existential phenomena of the issue examining the traces of metamorphosis and its aftermath.
- Subjects
IBSEN, Henrik, 1828-1906; WOMEN in literature; ENLIGHTENMENT; SOCIAL values; THEATER history
- Publication
Language in India, 2012, Vol 12, Issue 6, p287
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article