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When one reads Ibsen's A Doll's House Today, he may find it very difficult to imagine how daring it might have seemed at the time it was written. Nora's actions were almost unheard of at the time the play was written, and were thus rather controversial.
For Millennia, women were primarily child-bearers and homemakers, their domestic responsibilities generally prevented them from participating in hunts and waging war. Consequently, they were not allowed to share the rights and responsibilities given to hunters and warriors.
Throughout history religion and mythology have regarded women as naturally weaker and therefore inferior to men (209). The ancient Greeks believed that Pandora's curiosity was the root of all the evils in the world. The Bible tells how Eve led Adam into sin, and was placed under Adam's authority by God. It was a typical belief that women should be controlled, not only for their own protection, but for that of everyone else.
In most traditional......

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