Eugenie Grandet And A Dolls House Comparison
...them definitions, he places them in a social environment and in an era of which it must relate to the characteristics in his work. In "Eugénie Grandet" Balzac placed the characters in the era, between the Revolution and the end of the Monarchy, that distinguished itself by the industrial development, the entrance of the middle class and consequently "the control of the money". This is for that that one finds "the theme of money" mainly with eugenie and her father among the themes dominating in this novel. Meanwhile In the play ' A Doll's House'' written by Henrik Ibsen The nineteenth century saw huge social and economic changes. Society shifted from a largely rural agricultural community of landed gentry' and land workers, to urban communities based on manufacturing. More than ever before, what defined one's place in society was one's ability to make and control money. Those who controlled the money were the bankers and lawyers.it main concerns are about the position of women in society and how it's brought to life as well as the idea of that only mens are able to take care of buissnes and have absolute control over their families money just like Monsieur Grandet in "Eugenie Grandet''. Moreover in "A Dolls House" women had a bit more of advantage than in "Eugenie Grandet" since they lived in a more urbanized setting compared to Monsieur grandet's family which lived in a small province where women had least rights.
Nora is the symbol for the females at the time that the novel takes place ( )and Ibsen believes that women had the right to develop their own individuality. Nora, the main character, is happy with the luxuries of modern society plus materialism, she believes that money equals happinnes just in the contrary as Eugenie Grandet character thinks. Moreover its not entirely Noras fault as for her husband, Torvald, feeds her with this believe....
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