Position of Women in Ibbsen’s Dream; a Doll’s House, Ghosts & Hedda Gabler

Abstract

Women in the patriarchal society are oppressed in most cases. The focus of this paper will be on the experiences of women of different social condition. Firstly, the discussion will be on Feminism and some of its branches. Feminists thought on the cause and nature of women's disadvantaged and subordinate position in the society which structure is patriarchal. After the theoretical discussion, some major female characters in three of Henrik Ibsen's books, A DOLL'S HOUSE, GHOSTS & HEDDA GABLER will be analyzed through patriarchal and psychoanalytical perspective. Through this the paper will try to depict women's position in Ibsen's drama.