Topic > Essay on Feminism in a Doll's House - 1289

Linde who symbolized feminism. She found herself when she became widowed, later she started realizing that she is very independent, hardworking and her only need in life is to take care of someone. Which was unusual for a woman to work during the day, but in her case she had no choice. Mrs. Linde quotes: “I have to go on living. Since I was born, for as long as I can remember, I have worked, and it has been my best and only joy. But now I am completely alone in the world; It scares me to have to be empty and lost in working for yourself – there is no joy in that. Nils, give something, someone to work for (Ibsen 585).” Feminism isn't just about equality, it's about knowing yourself as the woman you want to become and actually living like one. Although Nora is best described as a woman who lives in a society where the male oppresses the female and reduces her to a mere doll or toy. This is because women at that time were by virtue of a certain lack of quality. Female nature is afflicted by a natural defectiveness because it is always depicted as secondary to it