Journal of Socialomics

Abstract

Ibsens Treatment of Women

Md Amir Hossain

Henrik Ibsen, one of the leading modern playwrights, realizes the social problems arising out of the marginalization of women of his age. His dramatic art exposes an in-depth exploration of familial, social, cultural, economic, and psychological conflicts faced by women in everyday life. Ibsen has earned popularity and fame among audience, critics, reviewers, and scholars around the globe through shedding a new light on his women. The article, entitled “Ibsen’s Treatment of Women,” focuses on Ibsen’s plays in the light of his attitude towards female subjugation, marginalization, subordination, psychological trauma, dilemma, rights, and the suffrage of women, and oppression of the 19th century Scandinavian bourgeois society. It makes a thorough study of Ibsen’s treatment of women in different phases of his literary career. It examines also Ibsen’s skills in exploring powerful women, both in their individual spheres and in relation to the people around them. Thus, it endeavors to reveal various aspects of the women in the Ibsen canon. The researcher is of the view that Ibsen’s plays are important for us today because they reveal powerful female characters that survive and exert their presence in the society in different ways. On the whole, this article attempts to look at the categorization of Ibsen’s women, treatment of women and contemporary Scandinavia, role of motherhood, and critical evaluation of his female characters.