Throughout both Little Women by Louisa May Alcott and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, the role of women in the similar time period was questioned.
Nazha AlFaraj
IB English SL
Lindsay Leonetti
World Literature
Throughout both Little Women by Louisa May Alcott and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, the role of women in the similar time period was questioned. Most women during the 18th century were expected to act as "ladies", and by lady the society meant that each woman was a replica of another woman. Women were expected to stay at home and raise the children and take care of the household. That was all what was expected from women. And a woman who decides to follow a different path and actually try to make something out of her life was considered to be an out breaker and she was neglected by society. She was also considered a burden on her family, which is due to the opinionated thoughts of that era. That idea still exists nowadays yet not as emphasized as it was ages ago. The whole theme of this paper is to outline the way female roles were described in the 16th century. We have 2 exceedingly different works that aim in one way or another to female roles. As opposed to A Doll's House, Little Women is a book that fully revolves around the way women should behave in order to be considered true females.