Societal expectations during this time period generally limited women from the freedoms their male counterparts participated in. The ideal woman was one who was good-natured, cultured, practiced philanthropy, a loving wife and devoted mother. She managed her family while maintaining her balance and maintaining her femininity as a woman. Ibsen creates his main character, after whom his play “A Doll's House” is named, as the antithesis of the ideal woman. Nora herself may seem like the ideal woman from her facade. She is beautiful and poses as a distinguished and childish woman. Only after reading the play for himself can the reader discover the criticism of Ibsen that he so skillfully weaved into his work. By creating his female protagonist in complete contradiction to the feminine ideal, we can see Ibsen's feminist critique of gender expectations. Nora is controlled by her husband Helmer in every aspect of her life. Men in that century were considered capable of controlling women's lives. On the other hand Glaspell in her play showed how all the women united and supported a murderer just so she could be released from prison, showing us the feminist vision of the society of those days. These two works represent an ideal pair as they show the power of women to build an identity in society, the interdependence of women on each other and a feminist approach to society. In “A Doll's House” it is shown that “a woman's place was in the home, as domesticity and motherhood were considered by society at large to be sufficient emotional fulfillment for women” (Abrams). For Nora, marrying Helmer certainly didn't mean any kind of internal character change. Nora marries Helmer but their marriage...... is middle of paper ......who can take care of Helmer's well-being, while Mrs. Wright killed her husband only because he killed her precious bird that she loved tenderly. It was out of love that these two women committed illegal crimes. On the one hand Nora was trying to lose the identity of her parents without letting her husband control her feelings and emotions, while on the other hand all the women were trying to keep secrets from the men so that the identity of the killer of Mrs. Wright did not come out. go out. Nora lacks femininity, respect towards her elders, and longs to be self-sufficient, but is not realistically motivated until the end of the show. In every sense of the word, Nora contradicts almost every social expectation and for these reasons can be seen as a witty protest to feminism in which Ibsen clearly questions the gender roles of women during the Victorian era..