A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen and The Great Gatsby by F....

Research Paper More and more men are holding power over women. When this happens women feel afraid to be themselves and being very insecure and feel they have no purpose. Sadly this is happening more and more in society. This is also shown in Literature books as well, so society has learned and followed what authors have wrote and not it is happening more and more. In the novels, A Dolls House and The Great Gatsby we see that women in the books have strong relationships, but men believe they hold higher power, which can lead womens self esteem to go down, causing them to feel like they have no purpose. While reading literature books in school I have seen examples of women being treated less of what they should be treated as by men. This is present in the book A Dolls House, by Henrik Ibsen. This book is about a couple who goes to extremes to help one another but would they actually stick to what they say they are going to do. In Act III Nora is having a discussion with her husband Torvald , the only one they have has since they have been married. Nora is explaining this to Torvald â€Å"‘When I look back on it now, I seem to have been living here like a beggar, from hand to mouth. I lived performing tricks for you, Torvald’† (Ibsen 197). This quote is showing how Nora has never defending for herself, she has had most everything handed to her and has not had much say in what she does. This has helped her but also weakened her. Nora now does not know what is right and what isShow MoreRelatedThe Desires Of Being Rich1118 Words   |  5 Pagesend. The characters i n A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald experience that becoming wealthy will not buy you happiness and relationships can be ruined in the end. People throughout the world are grown up in all sorts of different situations. Growing up very poor with hardly having food at the dinner table every night can force you to have extreme motivation to live a completely different live. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald readers experience how