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Subrata Biswas
Akankha Dutta
Nora’s Escape from Spatial Politics and Domestic Entrapment in A Doll’s House
Volume
9
Issue
2
Pages:
20-30
Keywords:
confinement, home, entrapment, space, heterotopia
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Abstract
This paper explores the theme of spatial politics and domestic entrapment in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. Through the symbolic stage setting and character dynamics of the Helmer household, Ibsen presents a critique of women’s confinement. Nora lives in a socio-politically curated domestic space, which reflects patriarchal control. Her eventual rebellion, symbolized by her exit slamming of the gate marks her realization of the heterotopic space in which she does not belong to.
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About the Author(s)
Subrata Biswas is an Assistant Professor at City College, Kolkata. He co-edited Peacocks in a Dream: An Anthology of Contemporary Indian English Verse and Words' Waltz: Selected Poems of Twenty-One Contemporary Indian Poets Writing in English. He also translated a poetry collection named The Journey. He wrote several research articles in both English and Bengali published in Spring Magazine on English Literature, Erothanatos, Kinshuk and Mukh. His areas of interest are Modern European literature, folklore and literary philosophy.
Email: subratabiswas.eng@citycollegekolkata.org
Akankha Dutta is an Undergraduate student with Honours in English Literature at City College, Kolkata.
