Research Paper on:
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and Genre

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its day and time. It is a play that depicts a common couple with an average income and thus an average lifestyle. Their relationship is not perfect and the people  they know are not perfect. This offers us realism in a very powerful manner. At the same time, however, it is also a dramatic play, as well as a feminist  and a tragic play. And, all of the possible genres involve the character or Nora as something of a hero as the primary theme. As we can readily see, it  is a play that can be categorized into many different literary genres and thus stands as a unique and intriguing play. With that in mind the following paper examines the  various genres that Ibsens "A Doll House" fits into. Realism When we speak of the genre of realism we are not necessarily speaking of a genre that focuses  on having a hero. In realistic thought all players possess the same level of heroism or weakness. They are, in other words, presented as ordinary individuals. But, in this respect  we see how Nora, who is a very subdued and average woman, is presented in a realistic way in such a manner that she becomes a heroine because she is  normal and average. Nora is a woman who is seen as nothing more than a simple creature. Her husband often refers to her in condescending terms. We see him  reprimand her as one would reprimand a child, saying, "My little songbird must never do that again. A songbird must have a clean beak to chirp with--no false notes" (Ibsen  Act I). His words to her are always aimed at one with the mentality of a child and Nora takes it and seems quite content in that world. We see