Henrik Ibsen, one of the leading modern playwrights, devotedly studied social problems that arose out of marginalisation of women in nineteenth-century Scandinavia. His dramatic art exposes an in-depth exploration of familial, social, cultural, economic, political, psychological, and sexual harassment faced by women in every sphere of their lives. He portrays powerful female characters (e.g. Nora Helmer, Rebecca West, and Hedda Gabler) in his plays. Through the lens of his plays, this book presents Ibsen’s thinking on female subjugation, subordination, oppression, and sexual harassment in the bourgeois society. It depicts the everyday problems of women, including conflicting senses, dilemmas, rights and suffrage of women through Ibsen’s dramatic skill of shedding light on their lives and the people around them. The book demonstrates the manifold aspects of women in Ibsen’s three major plays (e.g., A Doll’s House, Hedda Gabler, and Rosmersholm), conducting a thorough analysis of Ibsen’s treatment of women in different phases of his literary career.
