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basilibino · 17 days ago

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Re reading A Doll's House and I have the same opinion I had when I first saw it performed my junior yr of high school—it's wild but not surprising that the class element is overlooked in comparison to the sexism narrative

#like. They are linked. from Kristine Linde's entrance they are linked #Nora is subjected to the constraints of womanhood but she is in the constraints of an upper middle class woman #an angel of the house who has hired staff and-had she not borrowed with a forged signature-no need to work on her own #meanwhile Linde and Krogstad are working class #both emphasize that one has to 'live' even if they dont want to do what theyre abt to do #obviously the financial dependence on men is a prominenet isse #but a lot of the rest of Nora's issues come from the benevolent sexism idea of separate spheres—but there are additional spheres #for working women #and Nora is victimized yes but she is also v self centered and sheltered #and thats like. the point #and i understand why the specific arc between her and torvald has eclipsed everything else #but her story could not have been what it was if she were poor or not upper middle class-we have working women around her #to hammer that home #like as much as it is abt women's subjugation it is. overwhelmingly abt money #and how those with limited access to money will do what they need to #and be scorned by those who have no trouble accessing it

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