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Henrick Ibsen was a phenomenal playwright that wrote of two very unique women. Not only are they great characters, they are women characters set in a 19th century time period. These two ladies are Nora Helmer from A Doll's House, and Mrs. Alving from "Ghosts." Ibsen's goals were to make the public aware of the discrimination against women and to question the morality of the middle class. Both of these protagonists have similarities as leading roles, but there are also quite a bit of differences in their characters.
Both Helmer and Alving live in the middle class society level. They have (or in Alving's case, had) wealthy husbands who treated them in an inferior manner. Both women are expected to stay home and watch over the children and look nice. In both cases, both of the women have different plans in mind. Helmer is a young woman with three children and a husband about to made manager of the bank. She is almost treated as a small child. This is shown on page four of A Doll's......

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