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an explanation of some of the ways A Doll's House can be considered in relation to the genre of political and social protest writing. This document is intended to provide a starting point for teachers in their thinking and planning by giving you an introductory overview of how the text can be considered through the lens of this genre. We haven’t covered every element of this genre. Instead we hope this guide will provide a springboard to help you plan, and to get you and your students thinking about the text in more detail.  \nOverview  \nCentral to Ibsen’s play are ideas to do with power and powerlessness. The play, premiered in 1879, is set in the domestic sphere but it also reflects the oppressive rules and expectations of the broader Norwegian and western society. Ibsen’s target in terms of political and social protest writing is marriage, financial institutions and the role of women. Most obviously the play explores the repression of women in a society that expects them to be caring daughters, wives and mothers but which gives them little opportunity to take control of their own lives. Ibsen said he wrote the play because 'a woman cannot be herself in modern society' . The play is clearly a feminist text.  \nThe character of Krogstad demonstrates how society’s expectations, and the emphasis that is placed on reputation, can also repress people and make them powerless to change their lives. The powerful are represented in the play by the figure of Torvald who not only controls and manipulates his wife but also has authority over Krogstad. By the end of the play Nora asserts her independent thoughts and makes a stand against the oppressive, superficial nature of her marriage. Her exit from the house at the end of the play where she leaves her husband, children and the doll’s house itself, still has the power to shock audiences and can excite both admiration and condemnation. The play’s resolution is likely to produce lively debates in the classroom.  \nPower and powerlessness  \nAs a husband who dictates what happens in his own home, even to the extent of controlling what his wife will wear and how she will dance the tarantella, and asa banker who has the power to both hire and fire staff, Torvald represents an authoritative masculine middle class power in the play. He reflects society’s belief that those who work in financial and legal institutions are important and that men are masters in their homes and that their wives are under their care  \nand protection. He is also rigid in his belief that women are subservient to men and should obey them. Torvald’s power is bound up with his strict and uncompromising moral values, or more significantly his views on respectability. For this reason, at the end of the play he says he cannot accept or forget Nora’s secret past action of forging her father’s signature – even though it was to procure money for Torvald’s health. After he realises his own reputation will not be harmed by her action, he wields the power of forgiveness on her: “There is something indescribably wonderful and satisfying for a husband in knowing that he has forgiven his wife.” However, by the end of the play Torvald‘s power diminishes as Nora finds her voice and looks forward to independence; for all his power, he is unable to stop Nora leaving him.  \nKrogstad has a kind of power within the play as he blackmails Nora, and in some respects has the power of the stock villain. However, his position is complex and like her he himself is oppressed and trapped by society’s rules and expectations. He too committed forgery, though unlike Nora his crime did not have a “brave”motive and it was discovered. As a result he is defined by his transgression, condemned as a criminal and cannot shake off the yoke. 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