A Doll House written by Henrik Ibsen, is a three-act play, where Ibsen paints a realistic and a bleak picture of the sacrificial role that women hold in the economic classes in society. During that time the wife is expected to be passive and the husband a paternally protective. Yet, Ibsen raises a series of theories that covers in depth the sociological and psychological planes, both of the characters that make up the work, and the temporal and cultural context in which they are immersed. One out of many themes of “”A Doll House”” is the moral liberation of a woman oppressed by the rigor of a sexist society, which is incarnated through the figures of the father and husband, who exercise in her a series of manipulations that she does not notice until the moment when a limit situation arises: the blackmail of a stranger that could ruin her marriage. It is from that event, that the protagonist realizes awareness about her role and freedom, her duties and rights as a human being, finally opting to break with everything that was nullifying her. As for Torvald, his pride leads him to treat Nora like a possession instead of loving her as an equal and ends up losing her.
Ibsen presents a stereotypical and comfortable family during the nineteen century. It is Christmas Eve at the Helmer Family’s house. Nora who plays the role of protagonist and Helmer’s wife. Her role of protagonist is revealed through the conversations and interactions she has with other characters in the play. Her husband Helmer who plays the role as a guardian for his wife, the protector and provider of the family. They have been married for eight years, however, in the play exists many indicators that reveal that the family has been upholding a false image as the symbolic title indicates “”A Doll House””.
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Nora is introduced by Helmer in the play as “”little Spendthrift”” (10). The small phrase represents and foreshadow the further tension that will be revealed in their relationship. Helmer believes she is spending money vainly. But she has secretly borrowed money to save Helmer’s life and every time Helmer gives her money, she uses it to pay back her debt. Furthermore, her husband does not know it neither she wants him to know it. Instead, she tells her secret to Mrs. Linda, she says, “”… He mustn’t, not for anything in the world. Nobody must know, Kristine. No one but you.””
Nora and Helmer have different opinions in regarding money. He believes that loans are never an alternative to financial problems, but he recognizes that Nora does not follow this rule. Helmer believes that she cannot avoid her tendency to spend too much, describing it as a hereditary condition: “”Well, one takes you as you are. It’s deep in your blood. Yes, these things are hereditary, Nora.”” (50).
Crime Cases In Canada
Generally, crime cases are on the rise in Canada despite repeated confirmations from the leadership of the nation that they are on top of the matter. While in most cases these crimes involve robbery with violence, murder, attempted suicide and theft, the mainstream media has never published a paper without either of such crimes. However, as usual police rushes to the scene of the crime collects evidences but with very minimal arrests made for the culprits for most of the cases reported.
While reading some of the crime articles published recently by the Toronto Star, I was struck most by the story of a man in Toronto who was charged in court with attempted murder after two children injured in assault (Aguilar, 2017). CriminologyThe suspect, allegedly 53 years, is facing multiple charges including two counts of attempted murder after an alleged assault on two children, a boy and a girl, in a North York home this past Saturday. Toronto police said they rushed to the scene of attack just afterwards for reports of assault. It is alleged that the suspect was at home with the children, both under 10 years.
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Police said he allegedly struck the two children on the head with a hammer, and then choked them. Both children were taken to Sick- kids Hospital in life-threatening condition. However, they are expected to make a full recovery (Goodrum, 2017).In addition to counts of assault with weapon, there are also counts of overcoming resistance by choking or suffocation, possession of a weapon and two counts of uttering threats.
The suspect is set to be arraigned in court for the hearing of the case (Aguilar, 2017). However, in my view, the author of the article though he discusses the matter remarkably, there is much more that he omits and whose readers are left thinking. I am therefore going to discuss about some of the strengths and weaknesses of the article, here now.The police were right in their line of duty to arrest the suspect and arraign him in court to answer charges of committing such crimes. This is because nowadays societal norms do not allow for such crimes. In addition, the law allows and gives right of freedom to every individual. Again, every individual has a right to life and no individual is above the law, as well, not a single individual should infringe others of their fundamental right.
However, it is not enough to arrest the suspect and take him to court, police in collaboration with other agencies that deal with criminology ought to launch investigations as to the root cause of the matter. They should seek to know the motivation behind the attack on the children. These are some of the expressions the article omits (Goodrum, 2017).
In conclusion, it is not uncommon for cases such as those of attempting murder to occur, but it is more embarrassing to read the attempted murder case that was meted to those children, both under 10 years. Moreover, the police took the expected action of arresting the culprit and arraigning him in court but that doesnt in itself help to completely alleviate the vice that is common in the society.
References
- Aguilar., B. (2017).
- Man charged with attempted murder after two children injured in assault. BMJ/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j2959Goodrum., S. (2007).
- Victims Rights, Victims Expectations, and Law Enforcement Workers Constraints in Cases of Murder. Law & Social Inquiry, 32(3), 725-757. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-4469.2007.0007.
