The Rolling Stones' song collection spans over many different types of sounds and messages. In their song "Mother's Little Helper" a message is present. With a powerful and rhythmic sound with intricate lyrics this Rolling Stones song touches on the topic of oppression. Some of the lines in this song directly connect to the play "A Doll's House" by Henrick Ibsen. The character Nora is under oppression and has the desire to leave her life and search for her own happiness that was not given to her. Mother's Little Helper says that "Life's just much too hard today, I hear every mother say, the pursuit of happiness just seems a bore". What Nora wanted was to live a life that was not just surviving. With her husband Torvald, Nora felt that she was not living her life to the fullest and their "happiness" was a bore just as the Rolling Stones said. To go along with feeling oppressed the Stones went on to say that men "just don't appreciate that you get tired, they're so hard to satisfy". Nora was put in a situation were she was not appreciated as a wife, but more as a pet that Torvald kept around. This action is what led her to leave her life and find her own happiness and leave oppression in her past. The lyrics of Mother's Little Helper can be seen in life from when the play took place and even in current times. A lot of women want more and are not satisfied with their lives and Nora can be put in that category.
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